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Conservatives define themselves in terms of what they oppose.

~George Will

Topics: Conservatives Define Oppose Terms Themselves

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A society that thinks the choice between ways of living is just a choice between equally eligible 'lifestyles' turns universities into academic cafeterias offering junk food for the mind.

~George Will

Topics: Academic Between Choice Eligible Equally Food Junk Junk Food Just Lifestyles Living Mind Offering Society Thinks Turns Universities Ways

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There may be more poetry than justice in poetic justice.

~George Will

Topics: Justice May More Poetic Poetry Than

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

~George Will

Topics: American Crimes Imprisoned More Property Than Today

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Football combines the two worst things about America: it is violence punctuated by committee meetings.

~George Will

Topics: About America Committee Football Meetings Things Two Violence Worst

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Being elected to Congress is regarded as being sent on a looting raid for one's friends.

~George Will

Topics: Being Congress Elected Friends Raid Regarded Sent

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If you seek Hamilton's monument, look around. You are living in it. We honor Jefferson, but live in Hamilton's country, a mighty industrial nation with a strong central government.

~George Will

Topics: Around Central Country Government Hamilton Honor Industrial Jefferson Live Living Look Mighty Monument Nation Seek Strong You

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In the lexicon of the political class, the word 'sacrifice' means that the citizens are supposed to mail even more of their income to Washington so that the political class will not have to sacrifice the pleasure of spending it.

~George Will

Topics: Citizens Class Even Income Mail Means More Pleasure Political Sacrifice Spending Supposed Washington Will Word

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Leadership is, among other things, the ability to inflict pain and get away with it - short-term pain for long-term gain.

~George Will

Topics: Ability Among Away Gain Get Inflict Leadership Long-Term Other Pain Short-Term Things

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

~George Will

Topics: Gone Job Lives Ordinary Spectacle Your

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Biography

Nationality: Unknown

Type: Journalist

Born: May 4th, 1941

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