--- title: "4 Arizona Quotes By George Will" description: "4 Arizona quotes by George Will. Plus more from George Will and more Arizona sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ac/george-will-1177_america_america-overflows-with-specious-victims_482961.png" --- > [America overflows with specious "victims" demanding redress for spurious grievances. However, one genuinely oppressed minority is getting overdue relief. Beginning with spring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-will/america-overflows-with-specious-victims-demanding-redress-for/) [George Will](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-will/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ac/george-will-1177_america_america-overflows-with-specious-victims_482961.png) > [America is the only developed nation that has a 2,000-mile border with a developing nation, and the government's refusal to control that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-will/america-is-the-only-developed-nation-that-has-a-2-000-mile-border/) [George Will](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-will/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/076/george-will-1177_america_america-is-the-only-developed-nation-tha_711587.jpg) > [Arizona's law makes what is already a federal offense - being in the country illegally - a state offense. Some critics seem…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-will/arizona-s-law-makes-what-is-already-a-federal-offense-being-in-the/) [George Will](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-will/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/365/george-will-1177_arizona_arizona-s-law-makes-what-is-already-a-fe_1825917.jpg) > [Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona. Not all holes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-will/baseball-it-is-said-is-only-a-game-true-and-the-grand-canyon-is-only/) [George Will](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-will/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/65a/george-will-1177_arizona_baseball-it-is-said-is-only-a-game-true_2428036.png) ## Other authors on Arizona - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-anne-sebba-13842.jpg) Jan Brewer 20 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arizona/jan-brewer/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-edward-abbey-31690.jpg) Edward Abbey 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arizona/edward-abbey/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-russell-pearce-81802.jpg) Russell Pearce 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arizona/russell-pearce/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-carlton-cuse-21147.jpg) Jane D. Hull 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arizona/jane-d-hull/) - [Sierra D. Waters 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arizona/sierra-d-waters/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-donald-trump-30060.jpg) Donald Trump 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arizona/donald-trump/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-david-roberts-27892.jpg) Cedric Nye 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arizona/cedric-nye/) - [Ruben Gallego 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arizona/ruben-gallego/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b015/author-kyrsten-sinema-58195.jpg) Kyrsten Sinema 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arizona/kyrsten-sinema/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-mccain-51913.jpg) John McCain 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arizona/john-mccain/) ## More by George Will > [The average American expends more time becoming informed about choosing a car than choosing a candidate. But, then, the consequences of the former choice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-will/the-average-american-expends-more-time-becoming-informed-about/) [George Will](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-will/) > [Pettiness is the tendency of people without large purposes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-will/pettiness-is-the-tendency-of-people-without-large-purposes/) [George Will](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-will/) > [A politician's words reveal less about what he thinks about his subject than what he thinks about his audience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-will/a-politician-s-words-reveal-less-about-what-he-thinks-about-his/) [George Will](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-will/) > [As has been said, standards are always out of date - that is why we call them standards.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-will/as-has-been-said-standards-are-always-out-of-date-that-is-why-we-call/) [George Will](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-will/) > [Hart is still like that little tub of vaguely milklike gunk that comes with airline coffee. It is labeled a "nondairy" product. Fine: we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-will/hart-is-still-like-that-little-tub-of-vaguely-milklike-gunk-that/) [George Will](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-will/) > [The realistic way to reduce the amount of money in politics is to reduce the amount of politics in money -- the importance of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-will/the-realistic-way-to-reduce-the-amount-of-money-in-politics-is-to/) [George Will](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-will/) > [It is important that Miers not be confirmed unless, in her 61st year, she suddenly and unexpectedly is found to have hitherto undisclosed interests…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-will/it-is-important-that-miers-not-be-confirmed-unless-in-her-61st-year/) [George Will](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-will/) > [Greek philosophers considered sport a religious and civic-in a word, moral-undertaking. Sport, they said, is morally serious because mankind's noblest aim is the loving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-will/greek-philosophers-considered-sport-a-religious-and-civic-in-a-word/) [George Will](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-will/) > [The cultivation - even celebration - of victimhood by intellectuals, tort lawyers, politicians and the media is both cause and effect of today's culture…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-will/the-cultivation-even-celebration-of-victimhood-by-intellectuals-tort/) [George Will](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-will/) > [When I'm in my car, I'm listening to books, audio books, always.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-will/when-i-m-in-my-car-i-m-listening-to-books-audio-books-always/) [George Will](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-will/) > [Just as the common law derives from ancient precedents - judges' decisions - rather than statutes, baseball's codes are the game's distilled mores. Their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-will/just-as-the-common-law-derives-from-ancient-precedents-judges/) [George Will](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-will/) > [“Football combines two of the worst things in American life. It is violence punctuated by committee meetings.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-will/football-combines-two-of-the-worst-things-in-american-life-it-is/) [George Will](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-will/) > [I've lived in Washington now for 44 years, and that's a lot of folly to witness up close. Whatever confidence and optimism I felt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-will/i-ve-lived-in-washington-now-for-44-years-and-that-s-a-lot-of-folly/) [George Will](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-will/) > [The business of America is not business. Neither is it war. The business of america is justice and securing the blessings of liberty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-will/the-business-of-america-is-not-business-neither-is-it-war-the/) [George Will](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-will/) > [Freedom is not only the absence of external restraints. It is also the absence of irresistible internal compulsions, unmanageable passion, and uncensorable highlights.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-will/freedom-is-not-only-the-absence-of-external-restraints-it-is-also-the/) [George Will](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-will/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arizona/george-will/#itemlist", "name": "4 Arizona Quotes By George Will", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "America overflows with specious \"victims\" demanding redress for spurious grievances. 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