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
years choices important
It is important that Miers not be confirmed unless, in her 61st year, she suddenly and unexpectedly is found to have hitherto undisclosed interests and talents pertinent to the court's role. Otherwise the sound principle of substantial deference to a president's choice of judicial nominees will dissolve into a rationalization for senatorial abdication of the duty to hold presidents to some standards of seriousness that will prevent them from reducing the Supreme Court to a private plaything useful for fulfilling whims on behalf of friends.
important france revolution
The Revolution's most important result was Napoleon, whose most important result (as France learned in 1871, and again in 1914, and again in 1940) was the invention of Germany
important spheres action
I say statecraft is soulcraft. Just as all education is moral education because learning conditions conduct, most legislation is moral legislations because it conditions the action and the thought of the nation in broad and important spheres in life.
important four politics
All politics takes place on a slippery slope. The most important four words in politics are up to a point.
important next generations
The most important business of one generation is the raising of the next generation. Nothing else you do in life will be as deeply satisfying...
government years important
Whatever right the Second Amendment protects is not as important as it was 200 years ago... The government should deconstitutionalize the subject by repealing the embarrasing Amendment.
self competition important
Adam Smith had one overwhelmingly important triumph: he put into the center of economics the systematic analysis of the behavior of individuals pursuing their self-interest under conditions of competition.
country important music-is
Country music is important to me, and I love it, but it's not my whole life.
winning breathing important
Winning is the most important thing in my life, after breathing. Breathing first, winning next.
ideas important movement
A global economy is characterized not only by the free movement of goods and services but, more important, by the free movement of ideas and of capital.
business important saving
It's not whether you're right or wrong that's important, but how much money you make when you're right and how much you lose when you're wrong
numbers people important
In Moulmein, in lower Burma, I was hated by large numbers of people - the only time in my life that I have been important enough for this to happen to me.
party important atheism
The party is not concerned with perpetuating itself. Who wields power is not important, providing that the hierarchical structure always remains the same.
past nineteen 1984-important
He was alone. The past was dead, the future was unimaginable.