“One can't doubt that the American objective in Iraq has failed - different plans have to be made. And the kernel here is the acknowledgement of defeat.”
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William Frank Buckley, Jr. was an American conservative author and commentator. He founded the political magazine National Review in 1955, hosted 1,429 episodes of the television show Firing Line from 1966 until 1999, and was a nationally syndicated newspaper columnist. His writing style was famed for its erudition, wit, and use of uncommon words. George H. Nash, a historian of the modern American conservative movement, believed that Buckley was "arguably the most important public intellectual in the United States in the past half century". "For an entire generation he was the preeminent voice of American conservatism and its first great ecumenical figure." Buckley's primary change to politics was the fusion of traditional American political conservatism with laissez-faire economic theory and anti-communism, laying the groundwork for the modern American conservatism of U.S. presidential candidates Barry Goldwater and President Ronald Reagan. Buckley wrote first *God and Man at Yale* (1951); among over fifty further books on writing, speaking, history, politics and sailing, were a series of novels featuring CIA agent Blackford Oakes. Buckley referred to himself as either a libertarian or conservative. He resided in New York City and Stamford, Connecticut. He was a practicing Roman Catholic, regularly attending the traditional Latin Mass in Connecticut. ([Source][1]) [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_F._Buckley,_Jr.
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“One can't doubt that the American objective in Iraq has failed - different plans have to be made. And the kernel here is the acknowledgement of defeat.”
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“We love your adherence to democratic principles.”
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“I would like to take you seriously, but to do so would affront your intelligence.”
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“I get satisfaction of three kinds. One is creating something, one is being paid for it and one is the feeling that I haven't just been sitting on my ass all afternoon.”
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“Even if one takes every reefer madness allegation of the prohibitionists at face value, marijuana prohibition has done far more harm to far more people than marijuana ever could.”
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“Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality, the costs become prohibitive.”
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“It is not a sign of arrogance for the king to rule. That is what he is there for.”
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“The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry.”
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“It seems to me that the idea traditionally defended of endeavoring to maintain existing ethnic balances simply doesn't work any more.”
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“Life can't be all bad when for ten dollars you can buy all the Beethoven sonatas and listen to them for ten years.”
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“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 Harvard University.”
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“Scientists are people who build the Brooklyn Bridge and then buy it.”
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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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“It had all the earmarks of a CIA operation; the bomb killed everybody in the room except the intended target!”
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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 major...”
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“One must bear in mind that the expansion of federal activity is a form of eating for politicians.”
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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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“I would like to electrocute everyone who uses the word 'fair' in connection with income tax policies.”
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“Some of my instincts are reprehensible.”
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“I won't insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said.”
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