Bobby Kennedy and Nelson Rockefeller are having a row, ostensibly over the plight of New York's mentally retarded, a loose definition of which would include everyone in New York who voted for Bobby Kennedy or Nelson Rockefeller.

Conservatism is the politics of reality

They told me if I voted for Goldwater, he would get us into a war in Vietnam. Well, I voted for Goldwater and that's what happened.

Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other views.

If you had a European prime minister who experienced what we've experienced it would be expected that he would retire or resign.

I profoundly believe it takes a lot of practice to become a moral slob.

Before there was Ronald Reagan there was Barry Goldwater, and before there was Barry, there was National Review , and before there was National Review there was Bill Buckley with a spark in his mind.