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I suppose theres a melancholy tone at the back of the American min

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

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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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Leadership is, among other things, the ability to inflict pain and get away with it – short-term pain for long-term gain. – George Will

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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

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