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
errors innovation gross
Pure innovation is more gross than error.
kings government calvinism
It [Calvinism] established a religion without a prelate, a government without a king.
public-speaking critics wiser
The public is wiser than the wisest critic.
civilization people progress
The measure of progress of civilization is the progress of the people.
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Sedition is bred in the lap of luxury and its chosen emissaries are the beggared spendthrift and the impoverished libertine.
scandal hours heavy
If hours did not hang heavy, what would become of scandal?
patriotic government people
The best government rests on the people, and not on the few, on persons and not on property, on the free development of public opinion and not on authority.
patriotic rights people
Where the people possess no authority, their rights obtain no respect.
deception dishonesty deceiving
Dishonesty is so grasping it would deceive God himself, were it possible.
library age genius
Libraries collect the works of genius of every language and every age.
surfing looks easy
It looks easy, like surfing, but surfing is hard too.
tyrants feet dust
I draw the line in the dust and toss the gauntlet before the feet of tyranny, and I say segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever.
ducks lame
Im the lamest lame duck there could be.
suffering-of-others people littles
Since my accident I am a little more mindful of the suffering of other people.