George Will Quotes about Children

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The great task of life is transmission: the task of transmitting the essential tools and graces of life from our parents to our children

The great task of life is transmission: the task of transmitting the essential tools and graces of life from our parents to our children

George Will

Children, Parent, Grace

George F. Will (1983). “The Pursuit of Virtue and Other Tory Notions”, Touchstone

We are given children to test us and make us more spiritual.

George Will

Spiritual, Children, Tests

George F. Will (1986). “The morning after: American successes and excesses, 1981-1986”, Free Pr

Perhaps the soundest advice for parents is: Lighten up. People have been raising children for approximately as long as there have been people.

George Will

Children, Long, People

All children find chaos congenial. Any unruliness, even by nature, advances the child's program of subverting authority.

George Will

Children, Chaos, Authority

George F. Will (1992). “Suddenly: The American Idea Abroad and at Home, 1986-1990”

If those who wrote and ratified the 14th Amendment had imagined laws restricting immigration - and had anticipated huge waves of illegal immigration - is it reasonable to presume they would have wanted to provide the reward of citizenship to the children of the violators of those laws? Surely not.

George Will

Children, Law, Immigration

"An argument to be made about immigrant babies and citizenship" by George F. Will, www.washingtonpost.com. March 28, 2010.