“ His supporters will push him to disaster unless his opponents show where the dangers are. Walter Lippmann
“ What we call a democratic society might be defined for certain purposes as one in which the majority is always prepared to put down a revolutionary minority. Walter Lippmann
“ 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
“ It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf. Walter Lippmann
“ Our conscience is not the vessel of eternal verities. It grows with our social life, and a new social condition means a radical change in conscience. Walter Lippmann
“ The world is a better place to live in because it contains human beings who will give up ease and security and stake their own lives in order to do what they themselves think worth doing. Walter Lippmann
“ In a democracy the opposition is not only tolerated as constitutional but must be maintained because it is indispensable. Walter Lippmann
“ Success makes men rigid and they tend to exalt stability over all the other virtues tired of the effort of willing they become fanatics about conservatism. Walter Lippmann
“ What a myth never contains is the critical power to separate its truth from its errors. Walter Lippmann
“ The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind in other men the conviction and the will to carry on. Walter Lippmann
“ 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
“ The private citizen, beset by partisan appeals for the loan of his Public Opinion, will soon see, perhaps, that these appeals are not a compliment to his intelligence, but an imposition on his good na… Walter Lippmann
“ The radical novelty of modern science lies precisely in the rejection of the belief... that the forces which move the stars and atoms are contingent upon the preferences of the human heart. Walter Lippmann
“ Most men, after a little freedom, have preferred authority with the consoling assurances and the economy of effort it brings. Walter Lippmann
“ In government offices which are sensitive to the vehemence and passion of mass sentiment public men have no sure tenure. They are in effect perpetual office seekers, always on trial for their politica… Walter Lippmann
“ 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
“ When distant and unfamiliar and complex things are communicated to great masses of people, the truth suffers a considerable and often a radical distortion. The complex is made over into the simple, th… Walter Lippmann
