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Walter Lippmann quotes: When men can no longer be theists, they must, if they are civilized, become humanists. When men can no longer be theists, they must, if they are civilized, become humanists.
Walter Lippmann quotes: The time has come to stop beating our heads against stone walls under the illusion that we have been appointed policeman to the human race. The time has come to stop beating our heads against stone walls under the illusion that we have been appointed policeman to the human race.
Walter Lippmann quotes: It is better to catch the idol-maker than to smash each idol. It is better to catch the idol-maker than to smash each idol.
Walter Lippmann quotes: What a myth never contains is the critical power to separate its truth from its errors. What a myth never contains is the critical power to separate its truth from its errors.
Walter Lippmann quotes: The balancing of present wants against the future is really the central problem of ethics. The balancing of present wants against the future is really the central problem of ethics.
Walter Lippmann quotes: The whole speculation about morality is an effort to find a way of living which men who live it will instinctively feel is good. The whole speculation about morality is an effort to find a way of living which men who live it will instinctively feel is good.
Walter Lippmann quotes: The search for moral guidance which shall not depend upon external authority has invariably ended in the acknowledgment of some new authority. The search for moral guidance which shall not depend upon external authority has invariably ended in the acknowledgment of some new authority.
Walter Lippmann quotes: The first principle of a civilized state is that the power is legitimate only when it is under contract. The first principle of a civilized state is that the power is legitimate only when it is under contract.
Walter Lippmann quotes: It is perfectly true that that government is best which governs least. It is equally true that that government is best which provides most. It is perfectly true that that government is best which governs least. It is equally true that that government is best which provides most.
Walter Lippmann quotes: "When all think alike, then no one is thinking. "When all think alike, then no one is thinking.
Walter Lippmann quotes: Ignore what a man desires and you ignore the very source of his power. Ignore what a man desires and you ignore the very source of his power.
Walter Lippmann quotes: Brains, you know, are suspect in the Republican Party. Brains, you know, are suspect in the Republican Party.
Walter Lippmann quotes: Industry is a better horse to ride than genius. Industry is a better horse to ride than genius.
Walter Lippmann quotes: Lovers who have nothing to do but love each other are not really to be envied; love and nothing else very soon is nothing else. Lovers who have nothing to do but love each other are not really to be envied; love and nothing else very soon is nothing else.
Walter Lippmann quotes: The press does not tell us what to think, it tells us what to think about. The press does not tell us what to think, it tells us what to think about.
Walter Lippmann quotes: Nobody has yet found a way of bombing that can prevent foot soldiers from walking. Nobody has yet found a way of bombing that can prevent foot soldiers from walking.
Walter Lippmann quotes: The facts we see depend on where we are placed and the habits of our eyes. The facts we see depend on where we are placed and the habits of our eyes.
Walter Lippmann quotes: Almost always tradition is nothing but a record and a machine-made imitation of the habits that our ancestors created. Almost always tradition is nothing but a record and a machine-made imitation of the habits that our ancestors created.
Walter Lippmann quotes: A more conscious life is one in which a man is conscious not only of what he sees, but of the prejudices with which he sees it. A more conscious life is one in which a man is conscious not only of what he sees, but of the prejudices with which he sees it.
Walter Lippmann quotes: There can be no liberty for a community which lacks the means by which to detect lies. There can be no liberty for a community which lacks the means by which to detect lies.
Walter Lippmann quotes: It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf. It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.
Walter Lippmann quotes: The present crisis of Western democracy is a crisis in journalism. The present crisis of Western democracy is a crisis in journalism.
Walter Lippmann quotes: The man who raises new issues has always been distasteful to politicians. He musses up what had been so tidily arranged. The man who raises new issues has always been distasteful to politicians. He musses up what had been so tidily arranged.
Walter Lippmann quotes: Only the very rarest of princes can endure even a little criticism, and few of them can put up with even a pause in the adulation. Only the very rarest of princes can endure even a little criticism, and few of them can put up with even a pause in the adulation.
Walter Lippmann quotes: In places where men are used to differences they inevitably become tolerant. In places where men are used to differences they inevitably become tolerant.
Walter Lippmann quotes: Great men, even during their lifetime, are usually known to the public only through a fictitious personality. Great men, even during their lifetime, are usually known to the public only through a fictitious personality.
Walter Lippmann quotes: Democracy is much too important to be left to public opinion. Democracy is much too important to be left to public opinion.
Walter Lippmann quotes: If the estimate of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs is correct, then Russia has lost the cold war in western Europe. If the estimate of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs is correct, then Russia has lost the cold war in western Europe.
Walter Lippmann quotes: A man who has humility will have acquired in the last reaches of his beliefs the saving doubt of his own certainty. A man who has humility will have acquired in the last reaches of his beliefs the saving doubt of his own certainty.
Walter Lippmann quotes: It seems like topsy-turvyland to make reason serve the irrational. Yet that is just what it has always done, and ought always to do. It seems like topsy-turvyland to make reason serve the irrational. Yet that is just what it has always done, and ought always to do.
Walter Lippmann quotes: There are at least two distinct selves, the public and regal self, the private and human. There are at least two distinct selves, the public and regal self, the private and human.
Walter Lippmann quotes: Many a time I have wanted to stop talking and find out what I really believed. Many a time I have wanted to stop talking and find out what I really believed.
Walter Lippmann quotes: We must protect the right of our opponents to speak because we must hear what they have to say. We must protect the right of our opponents to speak because we must hear what they have to say.
Walter Lippmann quotes: When everyone thinks alike, no one thinks very much. When everyone thinks alike, no one thinks very much.
Walter Lippmann quotes: The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully. The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully.
Walter Lippmann quotes: When everyone thinks the same, nobody is thinking. When everyone thinks the same, nobody is thinking.
Walter Lippmann quotes: Whenever we accept an idea as authority instead of as instrument, an idol is set up. We worship the plough, and not the fruit. Whenever we accept an idea as authority instead of as instrument, an idol is set up. We worship the plough, and not the fruit.
Walter Lippmann quotes: Art enlarges experience by admitting us to the inner life of others. Art enlarges experience by admitting us to the inner life of others.
Walter Lippmann quotes: In a place where everybody thinks alike, nobody thinks very much. In a place where everybody thinks alike, nobody thinks very much.
Walter Lippmann quotes: Without criticism and reliable and intelligent reporting, the government cannot govern. Without criticism and reliable and intelligent reporting, the government cannot govern.
Walter Lippmann quotes: We know that it is possible to harness desire to many interests, that evil is one form of a desire, and not the nature of it. We know that it is possible to harness desire to many interests, that evil is one form of a desire, and not the nature of it.
Walter Lippmann quotes: Modern men are afraid of the past. It is a record of human achievement, but its other face is human defeat. Modern men are afraid of the past. It is a record of human achievement, but its other face is human defeat.
Walter Lippmann quotes: We are all captives of the picture in our head - our belief that the world we have experienced is the world that really exists. We are all captives of the picture in our head - our belief that the world we have experienced is the world that really exists.
Walter Lippmann quotes: The devil is merely a fallen angel, and when God lost Satan he lost one of his best lieutenants. The devil is merely a fallen angel, and when God lost Satan he lost one of his best lieutenants.
Walter Lippmann quotes: Football strategy does not originate in a scrimmage: it is useless to expect solutions in a political campaign. Football strategy does not originate in a scrimmage: it is useless to expect solutions in a political campaign.
Walter Lippmann quotes: Certainly he is not of the generation that regards honesty as the best policy. However, he does regard it as a policy. Certainly he is not of the generation that regards honesty as the best policy. However, he does regard it as a policy.
Walter Lippmann quotes: The emancipated woman has to fight something worse than the crusted prejudices of her uncles; she has to fight the bewilderment in her own soul. The emancipated woman has to fight something worse than the crusted prejudices of her uncles; she has to fight the bewilderment in her own soul.
Walter Lippmann quotes: In a free society the state does not administer the affairs of men. It administers justice among men who conduct their own affairs. In a free society the state does not administer the affairs of men. It administers justice among men who conduct their own affairs.
Walter Lippmann quotes: We say that the truth will make us free. Yes, but that truth is a thousand truths which grow and change. We say that the truth will make us free. Yes, but that truth is a thousand truths which grow and change.
Walter Lippmann quotes: In the blood of the martyrs to intolerance are the seeds of unbelief In the blood of the martyrs to intolerance are the seeds of unbelief
Walter Lippmann quotes: The public interest may be presumed to be what men would choose if they saw clearly, thought rationally, acted disinterestedly and benevolently. The public interest may be presumed to be what men would choose if they saw clearly, thought rationally, acted disinterestedly and benevolently.
Walter Lippmann quotes: There is but one bond of peace that is both permanent and enriching: The increasing knowledge of the world in which experiment occurs. There is but one bond of peace that is both permanent and enriching: The increasing knowledge of the world in which experiment occurs.
Walter Lippmann quotes: It is in time of peace that the value of life is fixed. The test of war reveals it. It is in time of peace that the value of life is fixed. The test of war reveals it.
Walter Lippmann quotes: There can be no higher law in journalism than to tell the truth and to shame the devil. There can be no higher law in journalism than to tell the truth and to shame the devil.
Walter Lippmann quotes: To keep a faith pure, man had better retire to a monastery. To keep a faith pure, man had better retire to a monastery.
Walter Lippmann quotes: Each of us lives and works on a small part of the earth's surface, moves in a small circle, and of these acquaintances knows only a few intimately. Each of us lives and works on a small part of the earth's surface, moves in a small circle, and of these acquaintances knows only a few intimately.
Walter Lippmann quotes: Where all men think alike, no one thinks very much. Where all men think alike, no one thinks very much.
Walter Lippmann quotes: Love endures when the lovers love many things togetherAnd not merely each other ... Love endures when the lovers love many things together
And not merely each other ...
Walter Lippmann quotes: All men desire their own perfect adjustment, but they desire it, being finite men, on their own terms. All men desire their own perfect adjustment, but they desire it, being finite men, on their own terms.
Walter Lippmann quotes: A man cannot sleep in his cradle: whatever is useful must in the nature of life become useless. A man cannot sleep in his cradle: whatever is useful must in the nature of life become useless.
Walter Lippmann quotes: The self-evident truth which makes men invincible is that inalienably they are inviolable persons. The self-evident truth which makes men invincible is that inalienably they are inviolable persons.
Walter Lippmann quotes: Politicians tend to live "in character" and many a public figure has come to imitate the journalism that describes him. Politicians tend to live "in character" and many a public figure has come to imitate the journalism that describes him.
Walter Lippmann quotes: Whether or not birth control is eugenic, hygienic, and economic, it is the most revolutionary practice in the history of sexual morals. Whether or not birth control is eugenic, hygienic, and economic, it is the most revolutionary practice in the history of sexual morals.
Walter Lippmann quotes: Ideals are an imaginative understanding of that which is desirable in that which is possible. Ideals are an imaginative understanding of that which is desirable in that which is possible.
Walter Lippmann quotes: Robinson Crusoe, the self-sufficient man, could not have lived in New York city. Robinson Crusoe, the self-sufficient man, could not have lived in New York city.
Walter Lippmann quotes: It is impossible to abolish either with a law or an axe the desires of men. It is impossible to abolish either with a law or an axe the desires of men.
Walter Lippmann quotes: A man cannot be a good doctor and keep telephoning his broker between patients nor a good lawyer with his eye on the ticker. A man cannot be a good doctor and keep telephoning his broker between patients nor a good lawyer with his eye on the ticker.
Walter Lippmann quotes: Once you touch the biographies of human beings, the notion that political beliefs are logically determined collapses like a pricked balloon. Once you touch the biographies of human beings, the notion that political beliefs are logically determined collapses like a pricked balloon.
Walter Lippmann quotes: When all think alike, no one thinks very much. When all think alike, no one thinks very much.
Walter Lippmann quotes: Men who are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives. Men who are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.
Walter Lippmann quotes: No amount of charters, direct primaries, or short ballots will make a democracy out of an illiterate people. No amount of charters, direct primaries, or short ballots will make a democracy out of an illiterate people.
Walter Lippmann quotes: Before you can begin to think about politics at all, you have to abandon the notion that there is a war between good men and bad men. Before you can begin to think about politics at all, you have to abandon the notion that there is a war between good men and bad men.
Walter Lippmann quotes: Run against the grain of a nation's genius and see where you get with your laws. Run against the grain of a nation's genius and see where you get with your laws.
Walter Lippmann quotes: Private property was the original source of freedom. It still is its main ballpark. Private property was the original source of freedom. It still is its main ballpark.
Walter Lippmann quotes: Creative ideas come to the intuitive person who can face up to the insecurity of looking beyond the obvious. Creative ideas come to the intuitive person who can face up to the insecurity of looking beyond the obvious.
Walter Lippmann quotes: A really good diplomat does not go in for victories, even when he wins them. A really good diplomat does not go in for victories, even when he wins them.
Walter Lippmann quotes: A long life in journalism convinced me many presidents ago that there should be a large air space between a journalist and the head of a state. A long life in journalism convinced me many presidents ago that there should be a large air space between a journalist and the head of a state.
Walter Lippmann quotes: The central drama of our age is how the Western nations and the Asian peoples are to find a tolerable basis of co-existence. The central drama of our age is how the Western nations and the Asian peoples are to find a tolerable basis of co-existence.
Walter Lippmann quotes: The people who really matter in social affairs are neither those who wish to stop short like a mule, or leap from crag to crag like a mountain goat. The people who really matter in social affairs are neither those who wish to stop short like a mule, or leap from crag to crag like a mountain goat.
Walter Lippmann quotes: Life is an irreversible process and for that reason its future can never be a repetition of the past. Life is an irreversible process and for that reason its future can never be a repetition of the past.
Walter Lippmann quotes: Genius sees the dynamic purpose first, find reasons afterward. Genius sees the dynamic purpose first, find reasons afterward.
Walter Lippmann quotes: The news and the truth are not the same thing. The news and the truth are not the same thing.
Walter Lippmann quotes: Men fall into a routine when they are tired and slack: it has all the appearance of activity with few of its burdens. Men fall into a routine when they are tired and slack: it has all the appearance of activity with few of its burdens.
Walter Lippmann quotes: Industry is a far better horse to ride a genius. Industry is a far better horse to ride a genius.
Walter Lippmann quotes: Only the consciousness of a purpose that is mightier than any man and worthy of all men can fortify and inspirit and compose the souls of men. Only the consciousness of a purpose that is mightier than any man and worthy of all men can fortify and inspirit and compose the souls of men.
Walter Lippmann quotes: Whereas each man claims his freedom as a matter of right, the freedom he accords to other men is a matter of toleration. Whereas each man claims his freedom as a matter of right, the freedom he accords to other men is a matter of toleration.
Walter Lippmann quotes: Unless our ideas are questioned, they become part of the furniture of eternity. Unless our ideas are questioned, they become part of the furniture of eternity.
Walter Lippmann quotes: To understand is not only to pardon, but in the end to love. To understand is not only to pardon, but in the end to love.
Walter Lippmann quotes: In a democracy, the opposition is not only tolerated as constitutional, but must be maintained because it is indispensable. In a democracy, the opposition is not only tolerated as constitutional, but must be maintained because it is indispensable.
Walter Lippmann quotes: Usually it is the stereotyped shape assumed by an event at an obvious place that uncovers the run of the news. Usually it is the stereotyped shape assumed by an event at an obvious place that uncovers the run of the news.
Walter Lippmann quotes: There is only one purpose to which a whole society can be directed by a deliberate plan. That purpose is war, and there is no other. There is only one purpose to which a whole society can be directed by a deliberate plan. That purpose is war, and there is no other.
Walter Lippmann quotes: We are concerned in public affairs, but immersed in our private ones. We are concerned in public affairs, but immersed in our private ones.
Walter Lippmann quotes: A man has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so. A man has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.
Walter Lippmann quotes: Every fairly intelligent person is aware that the price of respectability is a muffled soul bent on the trivial and the mediocre. Every fairly intelligent person is aware that the price of respectability is a muffled soul bent on the trivial and the mediocre.
Walter Lippmann quotes: Even God has been defended with nonsense. Even God has been defended with nonsense.
Walter Lippmann quotes: So far as I am concerned I have no doctrinaire belief in free speech. In the interest of the war it is necessary to sacrifice some of it. So far as I am concerned I have no doctrinaire belief in free speech. In the interest of the war it is necessary to sacrifice some of it.
Walter Lippmann quotes: Men command fewer words than they have ideas to express, and language, as Jean Paul said, is a dictionary of faded metaphors. Men command fewer words than they have ideas to express, and language, as Jean Paul said, is a dictionary of faded metaphors.
Walter Lippmann quotes: Popular government has not yet been proved to guarantee, always and everywhere, good government. Popular government has not yet been proved to guarantee, always and everywhere, good government.
Walter Lippmann quotes: It is easier to develop great power than it is to know how to use it wisely. It is easier to develop great power than it is to know how to use it wisely.
Walter Lippmann quotes: The common interests very largely elude public opinion entirely, and can be managed only by a specialised class. The common interests very largely elude public opinion entirely, and can be managed only by a specialised class.

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