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> [The decay of decency in the modern age, the rebellion against law and good faith, the treatment of human beings as things, as the mere instruments of power and ambition, is without a doubt the consequence of the decay of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-lippmann/the-decay-of-decency-in-the-modern-age-the-rebellion-against-law-and/)

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

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> [The life of a savage is beset by glowering terrors: from birth to death he lives in an animated world; where the sun and the stars, sticks, stones, and rivers are obsessed with his fate. He is busy all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-lippmann/the-life-of-a-savage-is-beset-by-glowering-terrors-from-birth-to/)

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

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## Other authors on Animated

## 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/)

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

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