"American universities pay great homage to diversity, but to judge by the overwhelming predominance of liberalism on the campus, they seem to have little or no regard for intellectual diversity. By exposing their fellow students to the nature and content of the conservative perspective in the world of ideas, the young people who have launched the William F. Buckley, Jr. Program are helping to revive the species of diversity that is most relevant to the traditional mission of the university. More power to them."
-Norman Podhoretz
"I was lucky enough to know and benefit from William F. Buckley's wisdom and presence when I was young. That blessing is no longer available, but the Yale community can still hear from people who were influenced by his views. How could that not be a wonderful thing?"
-David Brooks
"Yale's student-run William F. Buckley, Jr. Program animates conservative discussion on the campus where it all began. My experience as a speaker in the William F. Buckley Program was both exciting and inspiring: in these brilliant young people, conservatism sees its future."
-David Frum
"The William F. Buckley, Jr. Program makes a uniquely valuable contribution to the intellectual life of Yale University by bringing to it speakers and ideas too little heard on the campus. Thought and conversation of quality requires the regular presentation of a wide variety of views, especially those different from the opinions currently favored. True liberal education demands the continuing confrontation of conflicting ideas in an environment that welcomes them all and the discussion and debate they provoke. That is the gift the Program seeks to provide, and for which we should be grateful to those who offer it."
-Donald Kagan
"Good company, good humor, lively political discussions, conservative values, and enterprising Yale undergraduates were among William F. Buckey, Jr.'s passions. This extraordinary program pulls all of these elements together in ways that would have delighted him."
-Alvin S. Felzenberg