“Talk about presidents "taking" the country hither and yon is part of the foam of presidential elections.”
George F. Will“Football combines the two worst features of American life. It is violence punctuated by committee meetings.”
George F. Will“if we could tax Americans' cognitive dissonance we could balance the budget. The American people want all kinds of incompatible things, they're human beings, and they want high services, low taxes, and an omnipresent, omniprominent welfare state.”
George F. Will“The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised.”
George F. Will“Coarseness occurs in a land where platitude inflames this sense of entitlement to more of almost everything, but less of manners and taste, with their irritating intimations of authority and hierarchy.”
George F. Will, The Woven Figure: Conservatism and America's Fabric“Behavior was better when cinemas were opulent.”
George F. Will, The Woven Figure: Conservatism and America's Fabric“Television news is akin to audible wallpaper.”
George F. Will, The Woven Figure: Conservatism and America's Fabric“Our hatred of government is not caused mainly by government's goals, whatever their wisdom, but by government's techniques." Philip Howard”
George F. Will, The Woven Figure: Conservatism and America's Fabric“Washington DC is happiest when in indignation overdrive.”
George F. Will, The Woven Figure: Conservatism and America's Fabric“Law, rather than harnessing the passions, is increasingly pressed into their service.”
George F. Will, The Woven Figure: Conservatism and America's Fabric“Americans would prefer that immigrants do their jobs and then disappear at the end of the day.”
George F. Will, The Woven Figure: Conservatism and America's Fabric