American - Journalist | November 24, 1925 - February 27, 2008
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.
William F. Buckley, Jr.
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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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Back in the thirties we were told we must collectivize the nation because the people were so poor. Now we are told we must collectivize the nation because the people are so rich.
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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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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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A Conservative is a fellow who is standing athwart history yelling 'Stop!'
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Scientists are people who build the Brooklyn Bridge and then buy it.
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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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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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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 majority of the senior class of Vassar.
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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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All adventure is now reactionary.
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