It had all the earmarks of a CIA operation; the bomb killed everybody in the room except the intended target!

Quote by William F Buckley Jr

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Back in the thirties we were told we must collectivize the nation because the people...

Back in the thirties we were told we must collectivize the nation because the people...

It seems to me that the idea traditionally defended of endeavoring to maintain existing ethnic...

It seems to me that the idea traditionally defended of endeavoring to maintain existing ethnic...

There is an inverse relationship between reliance on the state and self-reliance.

There is an inverse relationship between reliance on the state and self-reliance.

All adventure is now reactionary.

All adventure is now reactionary.

I would like to electrocute everyone who uses the word fair in connection with income...

I would like to electrocute everyone who uses the word fair in connection with income...

We love your adherence to democratic principles.

We love your adherence to democratic principles.

Life can't be all bad when for ten dollars you can buy all the Beethoven...

Life can't be all bad when for ten dollars you can buy all the Beethoven...

The more complicated and powerful the job, the more rudimentary the preparation for it.

The more complicated and powerful the job, the more rudimentary the preparation for it.

To buy very good wine nowadays requires only money. To serve it to your guests...

To buy very good wine nowadays requires only money. To serve it to your guests...

A Conservative is a fellow who is standing athwart history yelling 'Stop!'

A Conservative is a fellow who is standing athwart history yelling 'Stop!'

Scientists are people who build the Brooklyn Bridge and then buy it.

Scientists are people who build the Brooklyn Bridge and then buy it.

Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked...

Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked...

I profoundly believe it takes a lot of practice to become a moral slob.

I profoundly believe it takes a lot of practice to become a moral slob.

Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality, the costs become prohibitive.

Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality, the costs become prohibitive.

Truth is a demure lady, much too ladylike to knock you on your head and...

Truth is a demure lady, much too ladylike to knock you on your head and...

We love your adherence to democratic principles.

We love your adherence to democratic principles.

The majority of the senior class of Vassar does not desire my company and I...

The majority of the senior class of Vassar does not desire my company and I...

The Beatles are not merely awful. They are so unbelievably horrible, so appallingly unmusical, so...

The Beatles are not merely awful. They are so unbelievably horrible, so appallingly unmusical, so...

I like Wagner's music much better than anybody's. It's so loud that one can talk...

I like Wagner's music much better than anybody's. It's so loud that one can talk...

Words make you think a thought. Music makes you feel a feeling. A song makes...

Words make you think a thought. Music makes you feel a feeling. A song makes...