Politicians fascinate because they constitute such a paradox; they are an elite that accomplishes mediocrity for the public good.
George Will

World War II was the last government program that really worked.
George Will

Voters don't decide issues, they decide who will decide issues.
George Will

The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised.
George Will

The future has a way of arriving unannounced.
George Will

Conservatives define themselves in terms of what they oppose.
George Will

A politician's words reveal less about what he thinks about his subject than what he thinks about his audience.
George Will

Look, three love affairs in history, are Abelard and Eloise, Romeo and Juliet and the American media and this President at the moment. But this doesn't matter over time. Reality will impinge. If his programs work, he's fine. If it doesn't work, all of the adulation of journalists in the world won't matter.
George Will