"Back in the thirties we were told we must collectivize the nation because the people were so poor. Now we are told we must collectivize the nation because the people are so rich."

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William F. Buckley, Jr.

#People Quotes #Rich Quotes #Poor Quotes

“I feel very happy to see the sun come up every day. I feel happy to be around. ... I like to take this day- any day-and go to town with it.”
“Childhood is a branch of cartography.”
“A thorn in the flesh is nothing compared to a thorn in the conscience.”
“The purpose of art is not the release of a momentary ejection of adrenaline but rather the gradual, lifelong construction of a state of wonder and serenity.”
“A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more peace and content in life than simply being a good husband and father.”
“There are no physicists in the hottest parts of hell, because the existence of a hottest part implies a temperature difference, and any marginally competent physicist would immediately use this to run a heat engine and make some other part of hell comfortably cool. This is obviously impossible.”
“You never die from a snake bite, you can't be unbitten it's in the way, what continues to pour through you long after the bite has taken place.”
“Law stands mute in the midst of arms.”

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