James L. Buckley Quotes

• If enough people openly engage in conduct once considered reprehensible, we rewrite the rule book and assume that God, as a good democrat, will go along.

  James L. Buckley

  Book, People, Engagement

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• What people fail to appreciate is that the currency of corruption in elective office is, not money, but votes.

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  People, Appreciate, Office

  James L. Buckley (2010). “Freedom at Risk: Reflections on Politics, Liberty, and the State”, p.244, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Under the circumstances, may I suggest another means of encouraging probity in elective office. I refer to term limitations, which can serve ends beyond that of saving congressional souls.

  James L. Buckley

  Mean, Office, Soul

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• Esta fuente de corrupción, por desgracia, es inherente al propio sistema democrático, y sólo puede controlarse, si acaso, encontrando la manera de animar a los legisladores a subordinar la ambición a los principios.

  James L. Buckley

  Ambition, Way, Principles

  James L. Buckley (2010). “Freedom at Risk: Reflections on Politics, Liberty, and the State”, p.245, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Desgraciadamente, en el mundo actual tenemos que recordar que el poder de un juramento deriva del hecho de que en él pedimos a Dios que dé testimonio de las promesas que hacemos con la expectativa implícita de que nos hará responsables de la forma en que las cumplimos.

  James L. Buckley

  Expectations, Honor, Promise

  James L. Buckley (2010). “Freedom at Risk: Reflections on Politics, Liberty, and the State”, p.245, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• What distinguishes the campaign finance issue from just about every other one being debated these days is that the two sides do not divide along conventional liberal/ conservative lines.

  James L. Buckley

  Two Sides, Issues, Campaigns

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• El tipo de corrupción del que hablan los medios de comunicación, el que preocupaba al Tribunal Supremo, implica la venta putativa de votos a cambio de contribuciones a la campaña.

  James L. Buckley

  Media, Campaigns, Vote

  James L. Buckley (2010). “Freedom at Risk: Reflections on Politics, Liberty, and the State”, p.244, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Unfortunately, the media, which are not at all reluctant to act in their own self-interest, have succeeded in equating reform in the public mind with further restrictions on just about everyone else's freedom of political speech.

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  Self, Media, Political

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• In rendering its decision in our case, the Supreme Court equated money with speech because these days it takes the first to make yourself heard.

  James L. Buckley

  Decision, Speech, Firsts

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• I am persuaded that in the case of elected officials, the overwhelming temptation is to conclude that it is more important for your constituents that you be reelected than that you deal honestly with them.

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  Temptation, Important, Cases

  James L. Buckley (2010). “Freedom at Risk: Reflections on Politics, Liberty, and the State”, p.246, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• They may then be willing to cast principled votes based on an educated understanding of the public interest in the face of polls suggesting that the public itself may have quite a different understanding of where its interest lies.

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  Lying, Understanding, Different

  James L. Buckley (2010). “Freedom at Risk: Reflections on Politics, Liberty, and the State”, p.247, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Tenía la esperanza de que los debates de la actual campaña presidencial pudieran educar al público sobre lo que realmente está en juego en la actual controversia sobre la financiación de las campañas.

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  Afterlife, Presidential, Campaigns

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• Given the difficulty of resisting such temptations over the longer run, a proper concern for the welfare of congressional souls may well be the ultimate argument in favor of term limitations.

  James L. Buckley

  Running, Temptation, Soul

  James L Buckley (2010). “Freedom at Risk: Reflections on Politics, Liberty, and the State”, p.90, Encounter Books

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