George Will
George Will
George Frederick Willis an American newspaper columnist and political commentator. He is a Pulitzer Prize–winner known for his conservative commentary on politics. In 1986, The Wall Street Journal called him "perhaps the most powerful journalist in America," in a league with Walter Lippmann...
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth4 May 1941
heart problem mistrust
I do not mistrust the future; I do not fear what is ahead. For our problems are large, but our heart is larger.
moments divides
There are singular moments in history, dates that divide all that goes before from all that comes after.
behinds wrong-direction
Whoever says Americas best days are behind it are looking the wrong direction.
august kuwait oil
This aggression will not stand. With these words, George Bush committed the United States to the liberation of the oil-rich Kingdom of Kuwait, after it had been occupied by the Republic of Iraq in August of 1990.
dream struggle ideas
Our nation is the enduring dream of every immigrant who ever set foot on these shores, and the millions still struggling to be free. This nation, this idea called America, was and always will be a new world -- our new world.
hands effort humanity
We join Armenians around the world as we remember the terrible massacres suffered in 1915-1923 at the hands of the rulers of the Ottoman Empire. The United States responded to this crime against humanity by leading diplomatic and private relief efforts.
running competence train
Competence is a narrow ideal. Competence makes the trains run on time but doesn't know where they're going.
advice politics shapes
Unlike Churchill, I have no plans to shape history. . . . Socrates gave advice
technology america people
I know this about the American people: We welcome competition. We'll match our ingenuity, our energy, our experience and technology, our spirit and enterprise against anyone.
technology vcr years
By the year 2000, all Americans must be able to set the clocks on their VCRs.
want answers hypothetical
Never answer a hypothetical question. It gets you beyond where you want to be.
running courage mean
Courage is a terribly important value. It means you don't run away when things are tough. It means you don't turn away from a friend when he or she is in trouble. It means standing up against the majority opinion.... There's a lot of people who won't wear it on their sleeve, or display it through some heroic act. But courage is having the strength to do what's honorable and decent.
views saving benefits
As you know, in the 2000 campaign I articulated a point of view that we ought to have personal savings accounts for younger workers that would make sure those younger workers receive benefits equal to or greater than that which is expected, ... I still maintain the same position.
sight order nwo
Out of these troubled times, our fifth objective- a new world order-can emerge... We are now in sight of a United Nations that performs as envisioned by its founders.