Quote by William F. Buckley Jr. (1925-2008)

• Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality the cost becomes prohibitive.

• Knee-jerk liberals and all the certified saints of sanctified humanism are quick to condemn this great and much-maligned Transylvanian statesman.

• The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry.

• I would like to take you seriously but to do so would affront your intelligence.

• Life can't be all bad when for ten dollars you can buy all the Beethoven sonatas and listen to them for ten years.

• 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.