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
good-company found company
Good company will always be found much less expensive than bad.
merit
Merit rarely goes unrewarded.
deserving-it evil gossip
To speak evil of any one, unless there is unequivocal proofs of their deserving it, is an injury for which there is no adequate reparation.
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.
lions packs jackasses
A pack of jackasses led by a lion is superior to a pack of lions led by a jackass.
selling cattle principled
I am principled against selling negroes, as you would do cattle at a market.
miscarriage doubt letters
To acknowledge the receipt of letters is always proper, to remove doubts of their miscarriage.
fables jupiter done
Providence has done, and I am persuaded is disposed to do, a great deal for us; but we are not to forget the fable of Jupiter and the countryman.
vices impossible human-nature
Can it be, that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity of a Nation with its virtue? The experiment, at least, is recommended by every sentiment which ennobles human Nature. Alas! is it rendered impossible by its vices?
vigilance eternal-vigilance eternal
The price of peace is eternal vigilance
failure decision parent
Indecision and delays are the parents of failure.
surfing looks easy
It looks easy, like surfing, but surfing is hard too.
hardest things-to-do you-choose
Changing your nature is the hardest thing to do. But I discovered that you can be who you choose to be.
coercion natural instruments
Instruments of coercion, once created, have a tendency to find their own natural masters.