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I say statecraft is soulcraft. Just as all education is moral education because learning conditions conduct, most legislation is moral legislations because it conditions the action and the thought of the nation in broad and important spheres in life.

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George Will
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: May 4
Columnist
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Champaign
Illinois
George F. Will
George Frederick Will
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