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Choose your rulers wisely

I would rather be ruled by people represented by the first 100 names in the Boston phone book than by the faculty of Harvard.

Author Greg RavenPosted on April 4, 2009November 1, 2018Format QuoteCategories governmentTags William F. Buckley

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