Conservatives define themselves in terms of what they oppose.

Quote by George Will

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Leadership is, among other things, the ability to inflict pain and get away with it...

Leadership is, among other things, the ability to inflict pain and get away with it...

The pursuit of perfection often impedes improvement.

The pursuit of perfection often impedes improvement.

A society that thinks the choice between ways of living is just a choice between...

A society that thinks the choice between ways of living is just a choice between...

Look, three love affairs in history, are Abelard and Eloise, Romeo and Juliet and the...

Look, three love affairs in history, are Abelard and Eloise, Romeo and Juliet and the...

Some parents say it is toy guns that make boys warlike. But give a boy...

Some parents say it is toy guns that make boys warlike. But give a boy...

Being elected to Congress is regarded as being sent on a looting raid for one's...

Being elected to Congress is regarded as being sent on a looting raid for one's...

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

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

Civilization depends on, and civility often requires, the willingness to say, 'What you are doing...

Civilization depends on, and civility often requires, the willingness to say, 'What you are doing...

Football combines the two worst things about America: it is violence punctuated by committee meetings.

Football combines the two worst things about America: it is violence punctuated by committee meetings.

Americans are overreaching; overreaching is the most admirable and most American of the many American...

Americans are overreaching; overreaching is the most admirable and most American of the many American...

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

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

If your job is to leaven ordinary lives with elevating spectacle, be elevating or be...

If your job is to leaven ordinary lives with elevating spectacle, be elevating or be...

You really don't want a president who is a football fan. Football combines the worst...

You really don't want a president who is a football fan. Football combines the worst...

In the lexicon of the political class, the word sacrifice means that the citizens are...

In the lexicon of the political class, the word sacrifice means that the citizens are...

The future has a way of arriving unannounced.

The future has a way of arriving unannounced.

As advertising blather becomes the nation's normal idiom, language becomes printed noise.

As advertising blather becomes the nation's normal idiom, language becomes printed noise.

Politicians fascinate because they constitute such a paradox; they are an elite that accomplishes mediocrity...

Politicians fascinate because they constitute such a paradox; they are an elite that accomplishes mediocrity...

The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven...

The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven...

Football incorporates the two worst elements of American society: violence punctuated by committee meetings.

Football incorporates the two worst elements of American society: violence punctuated by committee meetings.

Pessimism is as American as apple pie - frozen apple pie with a slice of...

Pessimism is as American as apple pie - frozen apple pie with a slice of...