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William F. Buckley, Jr. Quotes:

Ocupation: Author

Life: November 24, 1925 - February 27, 2008

Birthday: November 24

Death: February 27

A good debater is not necessarily an effective vote-getter: you can find a hole in your opponent's argument through which you could drive a coach and four ringing jingle bells all the way, and thrill at the crystallization of a truth wrung out from a bloody dialogue - which, however, may warm only you and your muse, while the smiling paralogist has in the meantime made votes by the tens of thousands.

- William F. Buckley, Jr.

source: William F. Buckley, Jr. (1966). “The Unmaking of a Mayor”, Viking Adult

topic: Jingles, Thrill, Bells, Jingle Bells

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