"Conservatives had better be grateful for Ronald Reagan, for my guess is that he is unique. We shall not see his like again." Source: If Not Us,...
Conservative Gratitude for Reagan
read more
Quotes
An extensive archive of Bill Rusher’s quotes. The section is organized thematically, enabling readers to filter his thought by different themes that he discussed over the years.
Cyclical Nature of Politics
"Don't worry; there's a yin and a yang to politics." Source: If Not Us, Who? William Rusher, National Review, and the Conservative Movement...
Advice for the Soviet Collapse
"Encourage the ailing Soviet system to (1) sit down, (2) lie down, and (3) die, in that order. It has started to sit down. This is not the time to...
Conflicted Loyalty in Espionage
"Every man feels a natural distaste for exposing others whose crimes, however great, seem after all no greater to him than the crimes of the one...
Personal Dislike of Exercise
"Exercising may make your day; it would assuredly ruin mine." Source: If Not Us, Who? William Rusher, National Review, and the Conservative Movement...
Roy Cohn’s Alienation
"Few appointments were ever better calculated to arouse resentment on all sides. Everybody over 26 resented Cohn's youth. Everybody less clever …...
Buckley’s National Impact
"Bill Buckley's emergence onto the national stage … in the 1950s, and the impact of his striking personality … caused a lesion in the...
Parties as Vote Machines
"Both major parties, as presently constituted, are simply highly efficient vote-gathering machines. It is pointless to upbraid such a machine for...
Communists in U.S. Government
"Certainly it is possible to overstate the role that Communists in government have played in perverting America's policy during the past thirty-five...
Corrosion of Political Morality
"A steady diet of political infighting tends to coarsen, and ultimately to cheapen, most participants. They approach politics as reasonably...
Political Honesty Defined
"An honest politician is one who, when bought, stays bought." Source: If Not Us, Who? William Rusher, National Review, and the Conservative Movement...
Reagan’s Unique Qualifications
"As for Reagan, I think that you are underrating the man. Essentially, there is no really good preparation for the Presidency, save perhaps being...