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WILL Voters don't decide issues, they decide who will decide issues. GEORGE F. WILL Some parents say it is toy guns that make boys warlike. But give a boy a rubber duck and he will sei... GEORGE F. WILL If you want to understand your government, don't begin by reading the Constitution. (It conveys prec... GEORGE F. WILL Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence. GEORGE F. WILL Americans are overreachers; overreaching is the most admirable of the many American excesses. GEORGE F. WILL The business of America is not business. Neither is it war. The business of America is justice and s... GEORGE F. WILL Football is a mistake. It combines the two worst elements of American life. Violence and committee m... GEORGE F. WILL We are given children to test us and make us more spiritual. GEORGE F. WILL We know next to nothing about virtually everything. It is not necessary to know the origin of the un... GEORGE F. WILL The problem with intelligent design theory is not that it is false but that it is not falsifiable: N... GEORGE F. WILL The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasa... GEORGE F. WILL It is no longer enough to be lusty. One must be a sexual gourmet. GEORGE F. WILL Socialism, born and raised in France, is unpersuasive even to the promiscuously persuadable French. GEORGE F. WILL This is what bipartisanship looks like; constant rubbish from both sides of the aisle. GEORGE F. WILL Politics should share one purpose with religion: the steady emancipation of the individual through t... GEORGE F. WILL Americans, endowed by their solicitous government with an ever-expanding array of entitlements, now ... GEORGE F. WILL The reformers' preferred metaphor is "leveling the playing field." They should listen to the logic o... GEORGE F. WILL There may be more poetry than justice in poetic justice. GEORGE F. WILL Today more Americans are imprisoned for drug offenses than for property crimes. GEORGE F. WILL Schools, including universities, must insist upon the prestige of reading and especially of reading ... GEORGE F. WILL The unpleasant sound Bush is emitting as he traipses from one conservative gathering to another is a... GEORGE F. WILL Stalin's henchman Molotov, 96, died old and in bed, a privilege he helped to deny to millions. GEORGE F. WILL When America uses power, it makes people angry, but it gets their attention. GEORGE F. WILL A politician's words reveal less about what he thinks about his subject than what he thinks about hi... GEORGE F. WILL You can pursue happiness by wearing a torn jersey. You can catch it by being good at something you l... GEORGE F. WILL This is an age in which one cannot find common sense without a search warrant GEORGE F. WILL Modern man's capacity for destruction is quixotic evidence of humanity's capacity for reconstruction... GEORGE F. WILL Ronald Reagan has held the two most demeaning jobs in the country; President of the United States an... GEORGE F. WILL The gap between ideals and actualities, between dreams and achievements, the gap that can spur stron... GEORGE F. WILL World War II was the last government program that really worked. GEORGE F. WILL Football features two of the worst aspects of American life, violence and committee meetings. GEORGE F. WILL A society that thinks the choice between ways of living is just a choice between equally eligible "l... GEORGE F. WILL Childhood is frequently a solemn business for those inside it. GEORGE F. WILL Creative semantics is the key to contemporary government; it consists of talking in strange tongues ... GEORGE F. WILL Part of the beauty and much of the moral seriousness of sport derives from the severe justice of str... GEORGE F. WILL You really don't want a president who is a football fan. Football combines the worst features of Ame... GEORGE F. WILL The phrase "domestic cat" is an oxymoron. GEORGE F. WILL Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona. Not all ... GEORGE F. WILL Pessimism is as American as apple pie-frozen apple pie with a slice of processed cheese. GEORGE F. WILL All God's chillun got shoes or can get them in Mrs Marcos's closet, which is large enough to house M... GEORGE F. WILL Scholars concede but cannot explain the amazing chemistry of Cub fans' loyalty. But their unique ste... GEORGE F. WILL Like a graceful vase, a cat, even when motionless, seems to flow. GEORGE F. WILL Conservatives define themselves in terms of what they oppose. GEORGE F. WILL Coarseness occurs in a land where platitude inflames this sense of entitlement to more of almost eve... GEORGE F. WILL Behavior was better when cinemas were opulent. GEORGE F. WILL Football brings out the sociologist that lurks in some otherwise respectable citizens. They say foot... GEORGE F. WILL Chicago Cubs fans are ninety percent scar tissue. GEORGE F. WILL Politicians fascinate because they constitute such a paradox; they are an elite that accomplishes me... GEORGE F. WILL American politics as you know . . . is very often a matter of capture the flag. The party that loses... GEORGE F. WILL The Berlin Wall is the defining achievement of socialism GEORGE F. WILL The pursuit of perfection often impedes improvement. GEORGE F. WILL Football incorporates the two worst elements of American society: violence punctuated by committee m... GEORGE F. WILL Whatever right the Second Amendment protects is not as important as it was 200 years ago... The gove... GEORGE F. WILL Lacking an articulable defense of the cultural values under siege, he became a vessel of smoldering ... GEORGE F. WILL Get evangelical Christian made them receptive to the possibility of redemption in the here and now. GEORGE F. WILL As advertising blather becomes the nation's normal idiom, language becomes printed noise. GEORGE F. WILL Government breeds more government, and a lobbying infrastructure to defend itself. GEORGE F. WILL Matthew Arnold was a fastidious social critic and hence an accomplished complainer. When he died, an... GEORGE F. WILL Football combines two of the worst things in American life. It is violence punctuated by committee m... GEORGE F. WILL WILL FERRELL WILL SMITH WILL SMITH WILL SMITH WILL SMITH WILL SMITH WILL SMITH WILL SMITH WILL SMITH WILL SMITH WILL SMITH WILL SMITH WILL SMITH WILL SMITH WILL SMITH WILL SMITH WILL SMITH WILL ROGERS WILL ROGERS WILL SMITH WILL DURANT WILL ROGERS WILL ROGERS WILL ROGERS I really feel like the sky is the limit. I'm a dreamer, and I dream in full vivid color HD. WILL PACKER WILL SMITH WILL DURANT WILL DURANT WILL SMITH WILL ROGERS WILL SELF WILL SMITH WILL SMITH WILL SMITH I am the black sheep of my family. 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And I don't think that government has a role in telling people how to live their lives. Maybe a ... 
Government has really been growing, a lot of largesse, but the people in the real world aren't. ... 
One of the statistics that always amazes me is the approval of the Chinese government, not elected, ... 
My concept of government's role in people's lives is that it is limited but legitimate, and ... 
Martin Luther King Jr. really understood the role of the churches when he said, 'The church is n... 
They won't break me because the desire for freedom, and the freedom of the Irish people, is in m... 
My opinion is the greatest reward that any government could get is the approval of the people. If th... 
When decisions on nuclear power stations and runways are delayed and the government dilly-dallies, p... 
George W. Bush is always protesting that he has the fate of the world in mind and bangs on about the... 
People don't realize what's really going on in this country. There are a lot things that are... 
The primary social contract between the people of the United States and their government - quaint th... 
There aren't many people who really put their life on the line for human freedom. 
Liberals, it has been said, are generous with other peoples' money, except when it comes to ques... 
The people's government, made for the people, made by the people, and answerable to the people. 
In a democracy there are only two types of power: there's organized people and organized money, ... 
National sovereignty is an obligation as well as an entitlement. A government that will not perform ... 
They won't break me because the desire for freedom, and the freedom of the Irish people, is in m... 
We're making clothes - we aren't saving the world. I'm not saying that designers aren... 
I am often asked how it is that I am able to value people to such a deep degree. Apparently, I exhib... 
Spending when the math's not there and the numbers aren't there and if they look in the soci... 
Popular music usually has a chorus that needs to repeat, and people need to remember the song. That&... 
There is too much government today. We've got to remember the government should be by the people... 
When the government violates the people's rights, insurrection is, for the people and for each p... 
Freedom of expression and freedom of speech aren't really important unless they're heard. Th... 
European values, civil rights, freedom of speech, freedom of informatio,n and freedom of assembly ar... 
Freedom of expression - in particular, freedom of the press - guarantees popular participation in th... 
There's something fundamentally wrong with a system where there's been 17 years of a Tory Go... 
Each man lives in his own universe and when he dies the world is over 
A lot of people aren't saving enough. And incidentally, people are living longer now, and health... 
That this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom; and that government of the people, b... 
In these sentiments, sir, I agree to this Constitution, with all its faults, if they are such; becau... 
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Social media are a catalyst for the advancement of everyone's rights. It's where we're r... 
I don't want to transform America. I want to restore to America the economic values of freedom a... 
If a strong government finds that it can, with impunity, destroy a weak people, then the hour has st... 
I can't in good conscience allow the U.S. government to destroy privacy, internet freedom and ba... 
When I was in college I did a lot of stupid things and I don't want to make an excuse for that. ... 
I think country music is popular - has been popular and will always be popular because I think a lot... 
I agree to this Constitution with all its faults, if they are such: because I think a General Govern... 
It's good that the first half of the speech emphasized freedom, because George W. Bush has been ... 
I think it's a very dangerous game to play when you assume that just because someone's an en... 
The press is not only free, it is powerful. That power is ours. It is the proudest that man can enjo... 
Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost. 
Let it be impressed upon your minds, let it be instilled into your children, that the liberty of the... 
The liberty of the press is a blessing when we are inclined to write against others, and a calamity ... 
The free press is the mother of all our liberties and of our progress under liberty. 
History is a wheel, for the nature of man is fundamentally unchanging. What has happened before will... 
The trickster's function is to break taboos, create mischief, stir things up. In the end, the tr... 
Now, do I think there has to be shared sacrifice among other nations in the world who want a stable ... 
Anyone who believes in the essential role government can play in improving people's lives must a... 
I consider myself a kind of a one-man government-in-exile. I don't want to call it a government ... 
But there will be no justice, there will be no government of the people, by the people, and for the ... 
When people arrive at El Bulli, everybody goes through the kitchen. It's a way of making them fe... 
Conventional wisdom on government's role in inequality often has it backwards. Tax reforms have ... 
I don't think I am that hands-on. I'm much more of a believer in finding a great team of peo... 
Chief Justice Rehnquist restored sanity to our criminal justice system, respect for our nation's all... 
There has always been, and there is now, a profound conflict of interest between the people and the ... 
There's a burden of representation that comes into play when there aren't enough representat... 
Because Freedom is the most important thing on life, let me Be. 
Superstition is the irrational belief that an object or behavior has the power to influence an outco... 
All politics takes place on a slippery slope. The most important four words in politics are up to a ... 
Politics should share one purpose with religion: the steady emancipation of the individual through t... 
It is said that God gave us memory so we could have roses in winter. But it is also true that withou... 
I have only been funny about seventy four per cent of the time. Yes I think that is right. Seventy-f... 
I don't necessarily believe in organized religion. 
When you create art, the world has to wait. 
You can cry, ain't no shame in it. 
Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke. 
Do the best you can, and don't take life too serious. 
When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near. 
Don't let yesterday use up too much of today. 
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. 
I am a regular, if not exactly enthusiastic, patron of my local bookshop. I try to buy at least some... 
It is fair to say that insofar as sport is taken seriously by those who play it, then to that extent... 
One of my first memories of being a kid was, 'I want to have a real job when I grow up.' And... 
Joy comes from using your potential. 
To appreciate heaven well, it's good for a person to have some fifteen minutes of hell. 