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I would rather be governed by the first 2000 people in the telephone directory than by the Harvard University faculty. — William F. Buckley · 1961No lesson seems to be so deeply inculcated by the experience of life as that you never should trust experts. If you believe the doctors, nothing is wholesome: if you believe the theologians, nothing is innocent: if you believe the soldiers, nothing is safe. They all require to have their strong wine diluted by a very large admixture of insipid common sense. — Lord Salisbury · 1877We have not overthrown the divine right of kings to fall down for the divine right of experts. — Harold Macmillan · 1950Democracy1 quote
I would rather be governed by the first 2000 people in the telephone directory than by the Harvard University faculty. — William F. Buckley · 1961