A Conservative is a fellow who is standing athwart history yelling 'Stop!' - William F. Buckley, Jr.

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William F. Buckley, Jr.

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

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Though liberals do a great deal of talking about hearing other points of view, it sometimes shocks them to learn that there are other points of view.

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In the hands of a skillful indoctrinator, the average student not only thinks what the indoctrinator wants him to think. . . but is altogether positive that he has arrived at his position by independent intellectual exertion. This man is outraged by the suggestion that he is the flesh-and-blood tribute to the success of his indoctrinators.

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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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What yells out at the US public. . . is the incandescent hypocrisy of so many people who, in the name of free speech, persecute its practitioners if their opinions are conservative.

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Yeah, well, it’s what happens when we spoil the things we love. They don’t always understand the boundaries and their ridiculous wants can get us killed if we’re not careful. (Jaden)

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