George Will

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George Frederick Will (born May 4, 1941) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning conservative American newspaper columnist, journalist, and author. Will was born in Champaign, Illinois, the son of Frederick L. Will and Louise Hendrickson Will. Fred was a respected professor of philosophy, specializing in epistemology, at the University of Illinois. George graduated from University Laboratory High School of Urbana, Illinois, and attended Trinity College, in Hartford, Connecticut (B.A.). He received his M... full article at wikipedia

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Today more Americans are imprisoned for drug offenses than for property crimes

The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised.

Modern man's capacity for destruction is quixotic evidence of humanity's capacity for reconstruction. The powerful technological agents we have unleashed against the environment include many of the agents we require for its reconstruction.

The gap between ideals and actualities, between dreams and achievements, the gap that can spur strong men to increased exertions, but can break the spirit of others -- this gap is the most conspicuous, continuous land mark in American history. It is conspicuous and continuous not because Americans achieve little, but because they dream grandly. The gap is a standing reproach to Americans; but it marks them off as a special and singularly admirable community among the world's peoples.

Pessimism is as American as apple pie. Frozen apple pie with a slice of processed cheese.

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.

If your job is to leaven ordinary lives with elevating spectacle, be elevating or be gone.

The pursuit of perfection often impedes improvement.

Football combines the two worst features of American life. It is violence punctuated by committee meetings.

Actually, there is only one first question of government, and it is How should we live? or What kind of people do we want our citizens to be?

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