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
way hell dies
This is a hell of a way to die.
military winning ifs
If I win I can't be stopped! If I lose I shall be dead.
jobs real hero
All of the real heroes are not storybook combat fighters either. Every single man in this Army plays a vital role. Don t ever let up. Don t ever think that your job is unimportant. Every man has a job to do and he must do it. Every man is a vital link in the great chain.
mediocrity tradition walks-of-life
Anyone in any walk of life who is content with mediocrity is untrue to himself and to American tradition.
doubt when-in-doubt
When in doubt, ATTACK!
disposition function staff
Staff officers of inharmonious disposition, irrespective of their ability, must be removed. A staff cannot function unless it is a united family.
uplifting prayer people
But between the plan and the operation, there is always an unknown. That unknown spells victory or defeat. ... Some people call it getting the breaks. I call it God. God has His part in everything. That's where prayer comes in.
military ostentatious
Do your damnedest in an ostentatious manner all the time.
leadership sports blame
Remember praise is more valuable than blame.
army men tanks
My men can eat their belts, but my tanks have gotta have gas.
military perfect succeed
...an imperfect plan implemented immediately and violently will always succeed better than a perfect plan.
suicide military moving
Infantry must move forward to close with the enemy. It must shoot in order to move.... To halt under fire is folly. To halt under fire and not fire back is suicide. Officers must set the example
motivational leadership army
We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.
army personal-opinions years
We entered a synagogue which was packed with the greatest stinking bunch of humanity I have ever seen. Either these Displaced Persons never had any sense of decency or else they lost it all during their period of internment by the Germans.... My personal opinion is that no people could have sunk to the level of degradation these have reached in the short space of four years.