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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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Author:

William F. Buckley Jr.
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Category: Government

Authors

A. A. MilneA. B. YehoshuaA. Bartlett GiamattiA. C. BensonA. E. HousmanA. E. van VogtA. J. JacobsA. J. LangerA. J. LieblingA. J. McLean

Topics Index

1 Age

  • 1. What could be more beautiful than a dear old lady growing wise with age? Every age can be enchanting provided you live within it.
  • 2. At a young age winning is not the most important thing… the important thing is to develop creative and skilled players with good confidence.
  • 3. Middle age is when your age starts to show around your middle.

2 Amazing

  • 1. When you write biographies whether it's about Ben Franklin or Einstein you discover something amazing: They are human.
  • 2. The magic kit we developed with Idea Village is an extraordinary success in 40 000 stores across America. The TV commercial we shot for it has produced amazing results – unbelievable.
  • 3. I've also long since realized that the way to really engage children is to give out prizes it's amazing how it concentrates their minds.

3 Anger

  • 1. Always write angry letters to your enemies. Never mail them.
  • 2. Anger is one of the sinews of the soul.
  • 3. I share the anger but ultimately to govern this country it takes more than anger. It takes experience. It takes positions that reflect the best values of the American people.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. So while an incredible amount of progress has been made on this fifth anniversary I wanted to come here and tell the people of this city directly: My administration is going to stand with you – and fight alongside you – until the job is done. Until New Orleans is all the way back all the way.
  • 2. I didn't make my first solo record until 1981 so I don't have any 60's or 70's recordings but I am working on a large boxed set called DUST to be released next year the 20th anniversary of my first solo record.
  • 3. You marry somebody you love everything about them. You grow to learn about them. You never learn everything.

5 Architecture

  • 1. I went to school for engineering I studied jazz. So I always had this kind of creative side and technical side and I thought architecture might be the way to combine them so I went to architecture school in New York.
  • 2. Architecture has recorded the great ideas of the human race. Not only every religious symbol but every human thought has its page in that vast book.
  • 3. I would like my architecture to inspire people to use their own resources to move into the future.
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