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William F. Buckley, Jr.

"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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"Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other views."
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