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 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
Voters dont decide issues, they decide who will decide issues. – George Will
If you seek Hamiltons monument, look around. You are living in it. We honor Jefferson, but live in Hamiltons country, a mighty industrial nation with a strong central government. – 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
A society that thinks the choice between ways of living is just a choice between equally eligible lifestyles turns universities into academic cafeterias offering junk food for the mind. – George Will
There may be more poetry than justice in poetic justice. – George Will
Leadership is, among other things, the ability to inflict pain and get away with it – short-term pain for long-term gain. – George Will
World War II was the last government program that really worked. – George Will
Freedom means the freedom to behave coarsely, basely, foolishly. – 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
Conservatives define themselves in terms of what they oppose. – George Will
Football is a mistake. It combines two of the worst things about American life. It is violence punctuated by committee meetings. – George Will
