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
government people doe
What the federal government does basically is borrow money from people and mail it to people.
men turtles doe
Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time tells the story of a cosmologist whose speech is interrupted by a little old lady who informs him that the universe rests on the back of a turtle. Ah, yes, madame, the scientist replies, but what does the turtle rest on? The old lady shoots back: You can't trick me, young man. It's nothing but turtles, turtles, turtles, all the way down.
noble rewards doe
Patience is a noble virtue, and, when rightly exercised, does not fail of its reward.
men succeed doe
When a man does all he can, though it succeeds not well, blame not him that did it.
justice religion doe
Observe good faith and justice towards all Nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all. Religion and morality enjoin this conduct; and can it be that good policy does not equally enjoin it?
philosophy warrior doe
Saints cannot arise where there have been no warriors, nor philosophers where a prying beast does not remain hidden in the depths.
artist unhappy doe
If artists and poets are unhappy, it is after all because happiness does not interest them.
hard-work land doe
And above all, above all, honest work must be rewarded by a fair and just tax system. The tax system today does not reward hard work: it penalizes it. Inherited or invested wealth frequently multiplies itself while paying no taxes at all. But wages on the assembly line or in farming the land, these hard-earned dollars are taxed to the very last penny.
order revolution doe
One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes a revolution in order to establish a dictatorship.
doe nineteen 1984-important
Thoughtcrime does not entail death: thoughtcrime IS death.
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.
doe want journalism
Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed: everything else is public relations.
men tragedy doe
A tragic situation exists precisely when virtue does not triumph but when it is still felt that man is nobler than the forces which destroy him.
sight long doe
When sight ceases, it is the time for faith to work. The greater the difficulties, the easier it is for faith. As long as human possibilities for success remain, faith does not accomplish things as easily as when all natural prospects fail.