Actually, there is only one first question of government, and it is How should we live? or What kind of people do we want our citizens to be? – George Will
I suppose theres a melancholy tone at the back of the American mind, a sense of something lost. And its the lost world of Thomas Jefferson. It is the lost sense of innocence that we could live with a very minimal state, with a vast sense of space in which to work out freedom. – George Will
Well, you know, the definition of second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience. – George Will
Politics should share one purpose with religion: the steady emancipation of the individual through the education of his passions. – George Will
The character ethic, which I believe to be the foundation of success, teaches that there are basic principles of effective living, and that people can only experience true success and enduring happiness as they learn and integrate these principles into their basic character. – Stephen Covey