George Will - Life Quotes

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Statecraft is soulcraft. Just as all education is moral education because learning conditions conduct, much legislation is moral legislation because it conditions the action and the thought of the nation in broad and important spheres of life.

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Taking offense has become America's national pastime; being theatrically offended supposedly signifies the exquisitely refined moral delicacy of people who feel entitled to pass through life without encountering ideas or practices that annoy them.

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The family is the primary transmitter of social capital – the values and character traits that enable people to seize opportunities. Family structure is a primary predictor of an individual's life chances, and family disintegration is the principal cause of the intergenerational transmission of poverty.

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A decrease in the quantity of legislation generally means an increase in the quality of life.

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Football combines the two worst features of American life: it's violence punctuated by committee meetings.

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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.

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Football is a mistake. It combines two of the worst elements of American life: it is violence punctuated by committee meetings.

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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...

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Society flourishes when and only when its molecular unit, the family, flourishes. We know that lasting improvement comes only in the small increments produced by individuals adhering to the simple rules of life...

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The great task of life is transmission: the task of transmitting the essential tools and graces of life from our parents to our children

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