No matter how bad you think something is, when you look into it, it's always worse.

On Politics: When our people get to the point where they can do us some good, they stop being our people.

It's amazing how much credit you can take, if you don't care about accomplishing anything.

There will be a debate on Firing Line between Buckley and Gore Vidal on the proposition: "This nation cannot survive as long as the income of 50 percent of the population is below the median." Mr. Vidal will take the affirmative.

He who writes the Resolved Clause, wins the debate.

A modern liberal is someone who doesn't care what you do, as long as it's compulsory.

No matter how bad you think something is, when you look into it, it's always worse.