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
book facts praise
The fact is that certain themes cannot be celebrated in words, and tyranny is one of them. No one ever wrote a good book in praise of the Inquisition.
doe nineteen 1984-important
Thoughtcrime does not entail death: thoughtcrime IS death.
revolutionary fascists militia
When I joined the militia I had promised myself to kill one Fascist - after all, if each of us killed one they would soon be extinct.
animal half tyranny
This work was strictly voluntary, but any animal who absented himself from it would have his rations reduced by half.
real anvils hammers
In real life it is always the anvil that breaks the hammer...
children beer gathering
The Puritanical nonsense of excluding children and therefore to some extent women from pubs has turned these places into mere boozing shops instead of the family gathering places that they ought to be.
war dirty fighting
We have become too civilized to grasp the obvious. For the truth is very simple. To survive you often have to fight, and to fight you have to dirty yourself. War is evil, and it is often the lesser evil. [] Those who 'abjure' violence can only do so because others are committing violence on their behalf.
judging atheism literature
Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent.
brother party doe
Does Big Brother exist?" "Of course he exists. The Party exists. Big Brother is the embodiment of the Party." "Does he exist in the same way as I exist?" "You do not exist.
doors weather differences
If one looks closely one sees that there is no essential difference between a beggar's livelihood and that of numberless respectable people. Beggars do not work, it is said; but then, what is work? A navvy works by swinging a pick. An accountant works by adding up figures. A beggar works by standing out of doors in all weathers and getting varicose veins, chronic bronchitis, etc. It is a trade like any other; quite useless, of course - but then, many reputable trades are quite useless.
men animal enemy
All men are enemies. All animals are comrades
mean two mind
Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.
writing people frightened
Good novel are written by people who are not frightened.
names secret shapes
If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself. You must know all the while that it is there, but until it is needed you must never let it emerge into your consciousness in any shape that can be given a name.