Book · 2019 · Conservatism
The Conservative Sensibility
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I live for the day when an American president picks up The Conservative Sensibility slams it on the desk and says this is what we believe.
What they say about it
- Discussions on The Book Review“his latest is called The Conservative Sensibility”3
The best things said about it
The reason I argue in the conser of sensibility that the third most important American in public life after Lincoln and Washington was John Marshall is that he understood and won rapid public acceptance of judicial review.
No Donald Trump, no Doris Day in The Conservative Sensibility.
I'm sure you say so somewhere in the book that we are living in Wilson's world not the world where human nature is plastic.
Why people recommend it
The Conservative Sensibility by George F. Will is a sweeping political work that examines the state of modern conservatism and American constitutional principles. The book was a prominent subject of discussion on The Book Review, where host Pamela Paul introduced the author and his work at the outset of an episode titled George F. Will on Conservatism’s Homelessness. During the conversation, Will cited various historical anecdotes from the text, including Franklin Roosevelt's first fireside chat, and explained his argument that John Marshall stands as the third most important figure in American public life behind Washington and Lincoln due to his establishment of judicial review. Paul and Will also discussed the deliberate omission of Donald Trump's name from the publication. Furthermore, Russ Roberts mentioned the book on EconTalk, noting a passage concerning Woodrow Wilson's worldview and human nature, and expressed a lighthearted desire for an American president to slam the volume onto a desk as a statement of core beliefs, similar to Margaret Thatcher's famous endorsement of Friedrich Hayek's writings. Listeners and hosts alike engaged with the work's deep exploration of historical philosophy, constitutional law, and the challenges facing contemporary political thought in America.
Every mention
Pamela Paul George will will be here to talk about his new book the conservative sensibility 4
“George will will be here to talk about his new book the conservative sensibility”
“his latest is called the conservative sensibility”
“when you think about conservatism as you define it and the conservative sensibility as you write about it in your book do you see that that getting lost”
“no Donald Trump no Doris Day in the conservative sensibility”
George F. Will The reason I argue in the conser of sensibility that the third most important American in public life after… 2
“I I I mentioned in my book that when Roosevelt gave his Franklin Roosevelt gave his first fire fir side chat after being inaugurated in 33”
“The reason I argue in the conser of sensibility that the third most important American in public life after Lincoln and Washington was John Marshall is that he understood and won rapid public acceptance of judicial review”
Russ Roberts in fact I'm sure you say so somewhere in the book that we are living in Wilson's world not the world where… 2
“in fact I'm sure you say so somewhere in the book that we are living in Wilson's world not the world where human nature is plastic”
“I live for the day when an American president picks up the conservative sensibility slams it on the desk and says this is what we believe”
Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
“his latest book is the conservative sensibility which is our topic for today”