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
World War II was the last government program that really worked. – George Will
Conservatives define themselves in terms of what they oppose. – George Will
Politics should share one purpose with religion: the steady emancipation of the individual through the education of his passions. – George Will
It is a noteworthy fact that kicking and beating have played so considerable a part in the habits which necessity has imposed on mankind in past ages that the only way of preventing civilized men from beating and kicking their wives is to organize games in which they can kick and beat balls. – George Bernard Shaw