42 ordspråk av William F. Buckley, Jr.
William F. Buckley, Jr.
Some of my instincts are reprehensible.
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The academic community has in it the biggest concentration of alarmists, cranks and extremists this side of the giggle house.
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The Beatles are not merely awful. They are so unbelievably horrible, so appallingly unmusical, so dogmatically insensitive to the magic of the art, that they qualify as crowned heads of antimusic.
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The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry.
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The majority of the senior class of Vassar does not desire my company and I must confess, having read specimens of their thought and sentiments, that I do not desire the company of the majority of the senior class of Vassar.
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The more complicated and powerful the job, the more rudimentary the preparation for it.
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There is an inverse relationship between reliance on the state and self-reliance.
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To buy very good wine nowadays requires only money. To serve it to your guests is a sign of fatigue.
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Truth is a demure lady, much too ladylike to knock you on your head and drag you to her cave. She is there, but people must want her, and seek her out.
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We love your adherence to democratic principles.
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You cannot paint the "Mona Lisa" by assigning one dab each to a thousand painters.
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You cultivate the essential virtues: high purpose, intelligence, decency, humility, fear of the Lord, and the passion for freedom.
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