Walter Lippmann

The ordinary politician...

The ordinary politician...

The ordinary politician has a very low estimate of human nature. In his daily life he comes into contact chiefly with...

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This is one...

This is one...

This is one of the paradoxes of the democratic movement --that it loves a crowd and fears the individuals who compose...

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The senator might...

The senator might...

The senator might remember that the Evangelists had a more inspiring subject.

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We forge gradually...

We forge gradually...

We forge gradually our greatest instrument for understanding the world --introspection. We discover that humanity may...

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The press is...

The press is...

The press is no substitute for institutions. It is like the beam of a searchlight that moves restlessly about,...

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There is nothing...

There is nothing...

There is nothing so good for the human soul as the discovery that there are ancient and flourishing civilized...

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We are all...

We are all...

We are all captives of the picture in our head -- our belief that the world we have experienced is the world that...

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Unless democracy is...

Unless democracy is...

Unless democracy is to commit suicide by consenting to its own destruction, it will have to find some formidable...

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When distant and...

When distant and...

When distant and unfamiliar and complex things are communicated to great masses of people, the truth suffers a...

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The principle of...

The principle of...

The principle of majority rule is the mildest form in which the force of numbers can be exercised. It is a pacific...

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We forge gradually...

We forge gradually...

We forge gradually our greatest instrument for understanding the world --introspection. We discover that humanity may...

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When philosophers try...

When philosophers try...

When philosophers try to be politicians they generally cease to be philosophers.

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Unless the reformer...

Unless the reformer...

Unless the reformer can invent something which substitutes attractive virtues for attractive vices, he will...

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When men can...

When men can...

When men can no longer be theists, they must, if they are civilized, become humanists.

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The simple opposition...

The simple opposition...

The simple opposition between the people and big business has disappeared because the people themselves have become so...

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Whether we wish...

Whether we wish...

Whether we wish it our not we are involved in the world's problems, and all the winds of heaven blow through our...

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Where all men...

Where all men...

Where all men think alike, no one thinks very much.

Source:
-- Walter Lippmann,...

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You cannot endow...

You cannot endow...

You cannot endow even the best machine with initiative. The jolliest steam-roller will not plant...

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Where mass opinion...

Where mass opinion...

Where mass opinion dominates the government, there is a morbid derangement of the true functions of power. The...

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The writers who...

The writers who...

The writers who have nothing to say are the ones you can buy; the others have too high a...

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