In war the moral is to the material as three to one. Napoleon

— George F. Will

Lacking an articulate defense of the cultural values under siege, he became a vessel of smoldering animosities.

— George F. Will

Law, rather than harnessing the passions, is increasingly pressed into their service.

— George F. Will

Liberalism is not fond of fun, or at least of many forms of fun that many people like.

— George F. Will

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. Will

National Review's premise was that conformity was especially egregious among the intellectuals, that herd of independent minds.

— George F. Will

Our hatred of government is not caused mainly by government's goals, whatever their wisdom, but by government's techniques." Philip Howard

— George F. Will

People who have nothing much in mind for next week speak instead about the next century or millennium.

— George F. Will

Politics is always driven by competing worries.

— George F. Will

Sex education in the modern manner has been well-described as plumbing for hedonists.

— George F. Will