"I'd demand a recount." – William F. Buckley, Jr., the longshot 1965 Conservative Party candidate, when asked what he would do if he won the race for Mayor of New York.
(He was wrong—often—on a host of matters large and small, from the South’s right to resist civil rights legislation and Edgar Smith's innocence to the Beatles’ lack of musical skill. But as this quip demonstrates, he also brought—often—to political discourse uncommon wit, grace, and appreciation for the humanity of opponents. Requiescat in pace, WFB.)
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