Quote by George Will
Actually, there is only one first question of government, and it i

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

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Politics should share one purpose with religion: the steady emancipation of the individual through the education of his passions. – George Will

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Education
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I say statecraft is soulcraft. Just as all education is moral education because learning conditions conduct, most legislation is moral legislations because it conditions the action and the thought of the nation in broad and important spheres in life. – George Will

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Ethics
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Every aspect of Western culture needs a new code of ethics — a rational ethics — as a precondition of rebirth. – Ayn Rand

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For there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. – William Shakespeare

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Rich men without convictions are more dangerous in modern society than poor women without chastity. – George Bernard Shaw

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It horrifies me that ethics is only an optional extra at Harvard Business School. – Sir John Harvey

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