Get evangelical Christian made them receptive to the possibility of redemption in the here and now.

— George F. Will

Gifted teachers master the patience required for the unending business of transmitting civilization down the generations, transforming biological facts – children – into social artifacts called citizens. It is wearying work, and it is a wonder teachers can summon the stamina for it.

— George F. Will

Government could avoid having opinions about so many things if it would quit subsidizing so many things.

— George F. Will

He was one of the fortunate few for whom there simply was no discernible line between work and play, between creation and recreation.

— 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

In Gladstone's mature years he lost faith not in God but in the ability of any government or state to act as the agent of God.

— George F. Will

Institutions are lengthening shadows of strong individuals.

— George F. Will

In this age of 'whatever,' Americans are becoming slaves to the new tyranny of nonchalance. " James Morris

— George F. Will

In this snug, over-safe corner of the world… we may realize that our comfortable routine is no eternal necessity of things, but merely a little space of calm in the midst of the tempestuous, untamed and streaming world.

— George F. Will

In times of change and danger, when there is a quicksand of fear under one's reasoning, a sense of continuity with generations before can stretch like a lifeline across the scary present. John Dos Passos

— George F. Will