There can be no higher law in journalism than to tell the truth and to shame the devil - remain detached from… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
The self-evident truth which makes men invincible is that inalienably they are inviolable persons. — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
We say that the truth will make us free. Yes, but that truth is a thousand truths which grow and change. — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
The function of news is to signalize an event, the function of truth is to bring to light the hidden facts, to… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
We must remember that in time of war what is said on the enemy's side of the front is always propaganda and… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
The unexamined life, said Socrates, is unfit to be lived by man. This is the virtue of liberty, and the ground on… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
The principles of the good society call for a concern with an order of being - which cannot be proved existentially to… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
“We must insist that free oratory is only the beginning of free speech; it is not the end, but a means to… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
There can be no higher law in journalism than to tell the truth and to shame the devil. — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
Whatever truth you contribute to the world will be one lucky shot in a thousand misses. You cannot be right by holding… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
The study of error is not only in the highest degree prophylactic, but it serves as a stimulating introduction to the study… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
The best servants of the people, like the best valets, must whisper unpleasant truths in the master's ear. It is the court… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
When distant and unfamiliar and complex things are communicated to great masses of people, the truth suffers a considerable and often a… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
A country survives its legislation. That truth should not comfort the conservative nor depress the radical. For it means that public policy… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
The function of news is to signalize an event, the functionoftruth istobring to lightthehiddenfacts, toset them into relationwith each other, and make… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
Ours is a problem in which deception has become organized and strong; where truth is poisoned at its source; one in which… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
“It is doubtful whether a supreme master of style could pack all the elements of truth that complete justice would demand into… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
The emancipated woman has to fight something worse than the crusted prejudices of her uncles; she has to fight the bewilderment in her own… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
A better distribution of incomes would increase that efficiency by diverting a great fund of wealth from the useless to the useful members of… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Where there is no danger of overt action there is rarely any interference with freedom. That is why there has so often been amazing… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on. — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
The simple opposition between the people and big business has disappeared because the people themselves have become so deeply involved in big business. — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
A free press is not a privilege but an organic necessity in a great society. ... A great society is simply a big and… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
“Since position and contact play so big a part in determining what can be seen, heard, read, and experienced, as well as what it… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
An alliance is like a chain. It is not made stronger by adding weak links to it. A great power like the United States… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
The chief element in the art of statesmanship under modern conditions is the ability to elucidate the confused and clamorous interests which converge upon… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
At the core of every moral code there is a picture of human nature, a map of the universe, and a version of history.… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
