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
party spirit voting-founding-fathers
Let me ... warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party.
politics venture prudent
It is a maxim, founded on the universal experience of mankind, that no nation is to be trusted farther than it is bound by its interest; and no prudent statesman or politician will venture to depart from it.
wine mean glasses
My manner of living is plain. I do not mean to be put out of it. A glass of wine and a bit of mutton are always ready; and such as will be content to partake of them are always welcome. Those, who expect more, will be disappointed, but no change will be effected by it.
vegetables onions steps
My own remedy is always to eat, just before I step into bed, a hot roasted onion, if I have a cold.
religious men law
...it is our boast, that a man's religious tenets will not forfeit the protection of the Laws...
brave choices enemy
Our cruel and unrelenting enemy leaves us only the choice of brave resistance, or the most abject submission. We have, therefore, to resolve to conquer or die.
guarantees strive can-not
We can not guarantee success, we can strive to deserve it.
attachment feelings passionate
Nothing is more essential, than that permanent, inveterate antipathies against particular Nations, and passionate attachments for others, should be excluded; and that, in place of them, just and amicable feelings towards all should be cultivated.
honesty individual states
It is an old adage that honesty is the best policy-this applies to public as well as private life-to States as well as individuals.
sleep speak should
Sleep not when others speak, sit not when others stand, speak not when you should hold your peace, walk not when others stop.
friendship friendly answers
Be not forward, but friendly and courteous; the first to salute, hear and answer; and be not pensive when it is time to converse.
action should risque
We should on all Occasions avoid a general Action, or put anything to the Risque, unless compelled by a necessity, into which we ought never to be drawn.
europe ties enmity
Europe has a set of primary interests, which to us have none, or a very remote relation. Hence she must be engaged in frequent controversies, the causes of which are essentially foreign to our concerns. Hence, therefore, it must be unwise in us to implicate ourselves, by artificial ties, in the ordinary vicissitudes of her politics or the ordinary combinations and collisions of her friendships or enmities.
hands body company
When in company, put not your hands to any part of the body, not usually discovered.