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
impossible helping self-help
To please everybody is impossible; were I to undertake it, I should probably please nobody.
land safe asylums
I had always hoped that this land might become a safe and agreeable asylum to the virtuous and persecuted part of mankind, to whatever nation they might belong.
4th-of-july army soldier
When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen.
character adversity liberty
The value of liberty was thus enhanced in our estimation by the difficulty of its attainment, and the worth of characters appreciated by the trial of adversity.
patience inspiration 4th-of-july
The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments.
soul black sin
Nothing is a greater stranger to my breast, or a sin that my soul more abhors, than that black and detestable one, ingratitude.
true-friend 4th-of-july patriotic
A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends.
religious heart men
We have abundant reason to rejoice that in this Land the light of truth and reason has triumphed over the power of bigotry and superstition, and that every person may here worship God according to the dictates of his own heart. In this enlightened Age and in this Land of equal liberty it is our boast, that a man's religious tenets will not forfeit the protection of the Laws, nor deprive him of the right of attaining and holding the highest Offices that are known in the United States.
mean wish
We must consult our means rather than our wishes.
spring government liberty
[V]irtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government.
friendship thinking convenience
I can never think of promoting my convenience at the expense of a friend's interest and inclination.
inspirational leadership motivation
To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
4th-of-july heart attachment
Interwoven as is the love of liberty with every ligament of your hearts, no recommendation of mine is necessary to fortify or confirm the attachment.
4th-of-july character mean
The foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing is a vice so mean and low that every person of sense and character detests and despises it.