Football is a mistake. It combines two of the worst things about American life. It is violence punctuated by committee meetings. – George Will
Politics should share one purpose with religion: the steady emancipation of the individual through the education of his passions. – 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
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