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> [Before you can begin to think about politics at all, you have to abandon the notion that there is a war between…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-lippmann/before-you-can-begin-to-think-about-politics-at-all-you-have-to/)

[Walter Lippmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-lippmann/)

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> [What the public does is not to express its opinions but to align itself for or against a proposal. If that theory…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-lippmann/what-the-public-does-is-not-to-express-its-opinions-but-to-align/)

[Walter Lippmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-lippmann/)

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> [We must abandon the notion that the people govern. Instead, we must adopt the theory that, by their occasional mobilisations as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-lippmann/we-must-abandon-the-notion-that-the-people-govern-instead-we-must/)

[Walter Lippmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-lippmann/)

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## Other authors on Abandon

## More by Walter Lippmann

> [The emancipated woman has to fight something worse than the crusted prejudices of her uncles; she has to fight the bewilderment in her own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-lippmann/the-emancipated-woman-has-to-fight-something-worse-than-the-crusted/)

[Walter Lippmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-lippmann/)

> [Even God has been defended with nonsense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-lippmann/even-god-has-been-defended-with-nonsense/)

[Walter Lippmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-lippmann/)

> [A better distribution of incomes would increase that efficiency by diverting a great fund of wealth from the useless to the useful members of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-lippmann/a-better-distribution-of-incomes-would-increase-that-efficiency-by/)

[Walter Lippmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-lippmann/)

> [There is but one bond of peace that is both permanent and enriching: The increasing knowledge of the world in which experiment occurs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-lippmann/there-is-but-one-bond-of-peace-that-is-both-permanent-and-enriching/)

[Walter Lippmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-lippmann/)

> [Where there is no danger of overt action there is rarely any interference with freedom. That is why there has so often been amazing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-lippmann/where-there-is-no-danger-of-overt-action-there-is-rarely-any/)

[Walter Lippmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-lippmann/)

> [The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-lippmann/the-final-test-of-a-leader-is-that-he-leaves-behind-him-in-other-men/)

[Walter Lippmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-lippmann/)

> [The simple opposition between the people and big business has disappeared because the people themselves have become so deeply involved in big business.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-lippmann/the-simple-opposition-between-the-people-and-big-business-has/)

[Walter Lippmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-lippmann/)

> [A free press is not a privilege but an organic necessity in a great society. ... A great society is simply a big and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-lippmann/a-free-press-is-not-a-privilege-but-an-organic-necessity-in-a-great/)

[Walter Lippmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-lippmann/)

> [“Since position and contact play so big a part in determining what can be seen, heard, read, and experienced, as well as what it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-lippmann/since-position-and-contact-play-so-big-a-part-in-determining-what-can/)

[Walter Lippmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-lippmann/)

> [An alliance is like a chain. It is not made stronger by adding weak links to it. A great power like the United States…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-lippmann/an-alliance-is-like-a-chain-it-is-not-made-stronger-by-adding-weak/)

[Walter Lippmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-lippmann/)

> [The chief element in the art of statesmanship under modern conditions is the ability to elucidate the confused and clamorous interests which converge upon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-lippmann/the-chief-element-in-the-art-of-statesmanship-under-modern-conditions/)

[Walter Lippmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-lippmann/)

> [At the core of every moral code there is a picture of human nature, a map of the universe, and a version of history.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-lippmann/at-the-core-of-every-moral-code-there-is-a-picture-of-human-nature-a/)

[Walter Lippmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-lippmann/)

> [The tendency of the casual mind is to pick out or stumble upon a sample which supports or defies its prejudices, and then to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-lippmann/the-tendency-of-the-casual-mind-is-to-pick-out-or-stumble-upon-a/)

[Walter Lippmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-lippmann/)

> [There is only one purpose to which a whole society can be directed by a deliberate plan. That purpose is war, and there is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-lippmann/there-is-only-one-purpose-to-which-a-whole-society-can-be-directed-by/)

[Walter Lippmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-lippmann/)

> [In a democracy, the opposition is not only tolerated as constitutional, but must be maintained because it is indispensable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-lippmann/in-a-democracy-the-opposition-is-not-only-tolerated-as-constitutional/)

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