Quote:
Originally Posted by Harmon
"I'd rather entrust the government of the United States
to the first 400 people listed in the Boston telephone directory
than to the faculty of Harvard University." - William F. Buckley, Jr.
So would I.
There is a difference between intelligence and judgment. Many people have one or the other. Sometimes I wonder why the combination is so rare. Yet it is, or so it seems to me.
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Hmmm....look at the judgement displayed & used by Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice, Rove et al. Where exactly did that get us? Perhaps a little more collective intelligence by that cabal would have served us all much better than their collective lack of intelligence, lack of any intellectual curiousity and disdain for rational & critical thinking.
Considering Buckley graduated from Yale University & lived a life of upper class priviledge, I don't put much credence into his quote above. He was also a staunch defender of the South's segregationist policies (so what does that say about his judgement?) and lived to regret it and ultimately reverse his position on segregation.