William Francis Buckley (William F. Buckley, Jr.) Quotes

Reagan is both too fatalistic and too modest to be a crudaser. He doesn't have that darkness around the eyes of a George McGovern.

William Francis Buckley

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  William Francis Buckley
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  • Darkness
  • Modest