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
struggle gay thinking
We have the history of slavery or inequality to women, and now the civil rights movement of the 21st century is the struggle for equality for the gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people. And I think it's important for Americans to know about the times that we failed.
blessed careers busybodies
I'm a civic busybody and I've been blessed with an active career.
memories eight years
My memories of camp - I was four years old to eight years old - they're fond memories.
stars vision shows
STAR TREK is a show that had a vision about a future that was positive.
thinking judging people
People forget that stereotypes aren’t bad because they are always untrue. Stereotypes are bad because they are not always true. If we allow ourselves to judge another based on a stereotype, we have allowed a gross generalization to replace our own thinking.
country father blood
Well, it gives, certainly to my father, who is the one that suffered the most in our family, and understanding of how the ideals of a country are only as good as the people who give it flesh and blood.
approval roaring done
Pioneering is never done in front of cheerleaders urging on a roaring grandstand of popular approval.
fans old-saying
As the old saying goes, I was simply looking for fan love, in Alderaan places.
men another-man
A man who layeth with another man must be stoned.
people democracy manipulation
This is supposed to be a participatory democracy and if we're not in there participating then the people that will manipulate and exploit the system will step in there.
home wind smell
Unfriending me when I didn’t even know we were friends? It’s like breaking wind when you’re home alone. If I can’t smell you, knock yourself out.
citizens vote duty
Do your duty as an American, and as a citizen of the galaxy... Vote!
people democracy
Our democracy is a people's democracy, and it can be as great as people can be, but it is also as fallible as people are.
country order achievement
And it seems to me important for a country, for a nation to certainly know about its glorious achievements but also to know where its ideals failed, in order to keep that from happening again.