Not everything that is legal is reputable.

- William F. Buckley, Jr.

Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other views.

- William F. Buckley, Jr.

I'd rather entrust the government of the United States to the first 400 people listed in the Boston telephone directory than to the faculty of Harvar…

- William F. Buckley, Jr.

The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry.

- William F. Buckley, Jr.

What yells out at the US public . . . is the incandescent hypocrisy of so many people who, in the name of free speech, persecute its practitioners if…

- William F. Buckley, Jr.

If only the left hated crime as much as they hated hate.

- William F. Buckley, Jr.

In the hands of a skillful indoctrinator, the average student not only thinks what the indoctrinator wants him to think . . . but is altogether posit…

- William F. Buckley, Jr.

Decent people should ignore politics, if only they could be confident that politics would ignore them

- William F. Buckley, Jr.

I won't insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said.

- William F. Buckley, Jr.