William F. Buckley, Jr. - I'd rather entrust the...

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.

William F. Buckley, Jr.

Biography

Author Profession: Journalist

Nationality: American

Born: November 24, 1925

Died: February 27, 2008

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It was once said that the moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped. Hubert H. Humphrey

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