William buckley harvard phone book

When buckley was a young man, his father was an acquaintance of libertarian author albert jay nock. The morning email i receive from the washington post billed the piece as a call for another william f. In buckleys mind, a healthy democracy requires that average joes and janesrandom phone book peoplecontribute to the way things are run. Great lives of the twentieth century, the posthumous collection of eulogies written by william f. Join facebook to connect with william buckley and others you may know. I would rather be governed by the first 2000 people in the manhattan phone book than the entire faculty of harvard. During the late 60s, when the harvard campus was roiling, buckley joked that he would rather be governed by the first 2,000 names in the boston phone book than by the harvard faculty. S army for a couple of years he became one of the honor guards to the u. The boston phone book, harvard, and sarah palin rogers rules. What was it that buckley said about the boston phone book. He is known as a conservative author and commentator.

In the philanthropic context, many conservatives would apply buckleys bon mot to elite foundations like the ford foundation as well as the academic experts from places like the harvard faculty on which they have so often relied and whom theyve cited. I would rather be governed by the first 2,000 people in. At millbrook, buckley founded and edited the schools yearbook, the tamarack. William buckley remarked more than once that he would rather trust the governance of the country to the first.

Buckley jr id rather be governed by the first 2,000 names in the boston telephone directory than by the faculty of harvard. He also joined the skull and bones society to become a star debater. Buckley s most famous quotes goes something like this. Now that we are ruled by the combined faculties of harvard and mit, you can see what he meant. In the early 1960s, bill buckley famously observed that he would rather be governed by the first two thousand names in the boston phone book. Buckley once said hed rather be ruled by the first 100 people in the boston phone book than the harvard faculty. I am obliged to confess i should sooner live in a society governed by the first two thousand names in the boston telephone directory than in a society governed by the two thousand faculty members of harvard university. I would rather be governed by the first 2000 people in the boston telephone directory than by the 2000 people on the faculty of harvard. Whitepages is the largest and most trusted online white pages phone book and directory. We use cookies on this site to enhance the visitor experience. William f buckley jr harvard faculty quote youtube. I would rather be governed by the first 2000 people in the boston telephone directory than by the 2000 people on the faculty of harvard university.