William F. Buckley, Jr.
William F. Buckley, Jr.
William Frank Buckley Jr.was an American conservative author and commentator. He founded National Review magazine in 1955, which had a major impact in stimulating the conservative movement; hosted 1,429 episodes of the television show Firing Line, where he became known for his transatlantic accent and wide vocabulary; and wrote a nationally syndicated newspaper column along with numerous spy novels...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth24 November 1925
CountryUnited States of America
We have got to accept Big Government for the duration-for neither an offensive nor a defensive war can be waged, given our present government skills, except through the instrument of a totalitarian bureaucracy within our shores. … And if they deem Soviet power a menace to our freedom (as I happen to), they will have to support large armies and air forces, atomic energy, central intelligence, war production boards, and the attendant centralization of power in Washington-even with Truman at the reins of it all.
We view our atomic arsenal as proudly and as devotedly as any pioneer ever viewed his flintlock hanging over the mantel as his children slept, and dreamed.
Nobody who's ever been to Gulag is a pacifist.
They told me if I voted for Goldwater, he would get us into a war in Vietnam. Well, I voted for Goldwater and that's what happened.
France believes in armed intervention by America only when the intervention is in France to rescue France from occupation by other powers.
When it is not possible to reason with holy warriors, it is necessary to immobilize them or crush them.
I would like to take you seriously, but to do so would affront your intelligence.
It is not a sign of arrogance for the king to rule. That is what he is there for.
To buy very good wine nowadays requires only money. To serve it to your guests is a sign of fatigue.
We love your adherence to democratic principles.
All adventure is now reactionary.
I would rather be governed by the first 2000 people in the Manhattan phone book than the entire faculty of Harvard.
I find it easier to believe in God than to believe Hamlet was deduced from the molecular structure of a mutton chop.
I catch fire and find the reserves of courage and assertiveness to speak up. When that happens I get quite carried away. My blood gets hot my brow wet I become unbearably and unconscionably sarcastic and bellicose I am girded for a total showdown.