"There is an inverse relationship between reliance on the state and self-reliance."
-William F. Buckley, Jr.
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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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"I won't insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said."
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"A Conservative is a fellow who is standing athwart history yelling 'Stop!'"
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"I would like to take you seriously, but to do so would affront your intelligence."
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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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"Liberals, it has been said, are generous with other peoples' money, except when it comes to questions of national survival when they prefer to be generous with other people's freedom and security."
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