“Demand a recount.”

—  William F. Buckley Jr.

Response when asked what he would do if he actually won the 1965 election for Mayor of New York, as quoted in "Conrad Black on William F. Buckley Jr." in National Post (27 February 2008) http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=338957.

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American conservative author and commentator 1925–2008

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