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Quote DB :: Authors :: William F. Buckley :: View Quote View Quote "The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry." - Copy to Clipboard   --  William F. Buckley Listed in: Government Add Quote To Your Quote List   Rating: 5  Rate Quote 11 votes submitted Your Name: Friend's Email: Sponsored Links Top 5 quotes from William F. Buckley "We are so concerned to flatter the majority that we lose sight of how very often it is necessary, in order to preserve freedom for the minority, let alone for the individual, to face that majority down." "I would like to take you seriously, but to do so would affront your intelligence." "Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality, the costs become prohibitive." "I would like to electrocute everyone who uses the word 'fair' in connection with income tax policies." "I profoundly believe it takes a lot of practice to become a moral slob." Top 5 quotes from Government "When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right." "The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry." "There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters." "Our destruction, should it come at all, will be from another quarter. From the inattention of the people to the concerns of their government." "Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice: all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things."

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