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I profoundly believe it takes a lot of practice to become a moral slob.
William F. Buckley, Jr.
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William F. Buckley, Jr.
Age: 82 †
Born: 1925
Born: November 24
Died: 2008
Died: February 27
Journalist
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New York City
New York
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Marijuana is not much more difficult to obtain than beer. The reason for this is that a liquor store selling beer to a minor stands to lose its liquor license. Marijuana salesmen don't have expensive overheads, and so are not easily punished.
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Now it is one thing to say I say it that people shouldn't consume psychoactive drugs. It is entirely something else to condone marijuana laws, the application of which resulted, in 1995, in the arrest of 588,963 Americans. Why are we so afraid to inform ourselves on the question?
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Arlen Specter is the man who voted in favor of Bill Clinton during impeachment, voted against Robert Bork for the Supreme Court, voted against school choice for the District of Columbia, endorses an absolutist interpretation of abortion rights. He is bright and he is tough and he belongs elsewhere.
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Presley brought an excitement to singing, in part because rock and roll was greeted as his invention, but for other reasons not so widely reflected on: Elvis Presley had the most beautiful singing voice of any human being on earth.
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I catch fire and find the reserves of courage and assertiveness to speak up. When that happens I get quite carried away. My blood gets hot my brow wet I become unbearably and unconscionably sarcastic and bellicose I am girded for a total showdown.
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Stick me in a confessional and ask the question: Sir, if you had the authority, would you forbid smoking in America? You'd get a solemn and contrite, Yes.
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They [Theodore White and Lou Harris] took turns weeping, and finally concluded that Rockefeller got the votes of everyone in California who is a Negro, a Jew, a Mexican, and a college graduate, while Goldwater got the votes of every millionaire. Which certainly makes California the land of opportunity.
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Self-control is one of the most exhilarating of pleasures.
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Only government can cause inflation, preserve monopoly, and punish enterprise.
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When it is not possible to reason with holy warriors, it is necessary to immobilize them or crush them.
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You know, I’ve spent my entire life time separating the Right from the kooks.
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Friendship is strengthened by...that which ever so lightly elevates us from the trough of self-concern and self-devotion.
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One doesn't read Jane Austen one re-reads Jane Austen.
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I find it easier to believe in God than to believe Hamlet was deduced from the molecular structure of a mutton chop.
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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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Government can't do anything for you except in proportion as it can do something to you.
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...following Mrs. Roosevelt in search of irrationality was like following a burning fuse in search of an explosive.
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I would like to electrocute everyone who uses the word 'fair' in connection with income tax policies.
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It is not a sign of arrogance for the king to rule. That is what he is there for.
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