The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised.
George F. WillTag: humor
Football combines two of the worst things in American life. It is violence punctuated by committee meetings.
George F. WillIn 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 F. WillThere is an elegant memorial in Washington to Jefferson, but none to Hamilton. However, 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 F. WillLiberals think their campaign against Wal-Mart is a way of introducing the subject of class into America's political argument, and they are more correct than they understand. Their campaign is liberalism as condescension. It is a philosophic repugnance toward markets, because consumer sovereignty results in the masses making messes. Liberals, aghast, see the choices Americans make with their dollars and their ballots and announce — yes, announce — that Americans are sorely in need of more supervision by . . . liberals.
George F. WillAvoidance of lunacy is an insufficient agenda."
-George Will on Ronald Reagan, 3-6-1987
Matthew Arnold was a fastidious social critic and hence an accomplished complainer. When he died, an acquaintance said: "Poor Matt, he's going to Heaven, no doubt – but he won't like God.
George F. WillTag: pessimism criticism complaining
National Review's premise was that conformity was especially egregious among the intellectuals, that herd of independent minds.
George F. WillTag: intelligence conformity independence
Because of demagogues, rhetoric has a tainted reputation in our time. However, rhetoric is central to democratic governance. It can fuse passion and persuasion, moving free people to freely choose what is noble.
George F. WillTag: motivation leadership rhetoric public-speaking
Good actors, including political actors, do not deal in unrealities. Rather, they create realities that matter – perceptions, aspirations, allegiances.
George F. WillTag: inspiration leadership
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