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
risk kind economic
Everyone is exposed to economic risks of some kind.
possibility peaking
At least I have precluded the possibility of peaking too early.
want force
As an American, I want our forces to prevail.
growing-up war debt
When I was a youngster growing up in South Dakota, we never referred to the national debt, it was always referred to as the war debt because it stemmed from World War I.
strong war flags
There is a strong tendency in the United States to rally round the flag and their troops, no matter how mistaken the war.
real politics way
You know, sometimes, when they say you're ahead of your time, it's just a polite way of saying you have a real bad sense of timing.
country strong war
I don't think the American people had a clear picture of either Nixon or me. I think they thought that Nixon was a strong, decisive, tough-minded guy and that I was an idealist and antiwar guy who might not attach enough significance to the security of the country. The truth is, I was the guy with the war record, and my opposition to Vietnam was because I was interested in the nation's well-being.
serious painful stranger
When I was small, my most serious handicap was a painful bashfulness in the presence of strangers.
healthy normal should
I'm what a normal, healthy, ideal American should be like.
land cities government
We are at a crossroads over how the federal government in Washington and state legislatures and city councils across the land allocate their financial resources. Which fork we take will say a lot about Americans and our values.
winning thinking president
I firmly believed throughout 1971 that the major hurdle to winning the presidency was winning the Democratic nomination. I believed that any reasonable Democrat would defeat President Nixon. I now think that no one could have defeated him in 1972.
thinking say-anything
Never say anything that, down inside, you think is wrong.
war people political
People didn't have the political guts to stand up against an American war.
running husband divorce
Every once in a while, I run into somebody who tells me that she met her husband in my campaign or a husband who says, I met my wife. I have to tell you, I caused a few divorces too.