William F. Buckley Jr. quotes:

The wisest choice would be the one who would win. No sense running Mona Lisa in a beauty contest. I'd be for the most right, viable candidate who could win. If you could convince me that Barry Goldwater could win, I'd vote for him. [1967]

I would rather be governed by the first 2000 people in the Manhattan phone book than the entire faculty of Harvard.

For people who like that sort of thing, that's the sort of thing they like.

Human progress is achieved by taking exact measurements.