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
politics prefer
I would prefer not to be involved in party politics.
competition otherwise people
Unrestrained competition can drive people into actions that they would otherwise regret.
care country empower help open people work
My foundations support people in the country who care about an open society. It's their work that I'm supporting. So it's not me doing it. But I can empower them. I can support them, and I can help them.
contend people seldom victory
When the people contend for their liberty, they seldom get anything by their victory but new masters.
malice
Malice is of a low stature, but it hath very long arms.
family mind
A princely mind will undo a private family.
people
You know, you can talk about race, you can talk about sex, you can talk about your biopsy. But when you get into class, people kind of clench up.
coming four hours jobs less near three
I could actually care less about the poor. We have some living near us, and pee-yew. They are always coming and going to their three or four jobs at all hours of the day and night. Annoying!
health means personal vision
We each have a personal myth, a vision of who we really are and what we want. Health means that part of what you want is to give to others.
far
There is no universal coming out process, so far as I know.
mistreated people unless
I didn't grow up with any concept of people being deviants unless they mistreated others.
best promote
Interestingly, the best way to promote intimacy is to demand it.
people
People have known of Shakespeare's homosexuality down through the ages.
columbia landlord though
I try not to deal with people's hostility, though I must if they have something I need from them, as the professors did at Columbia or my landlord did.