There is but one bond of peace that is both permanent and enriching: The increasing knowledge of the world in which experiment… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
A rational man acting in the real world may be defined as one who decides where he will strike a balance between… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
What each man does is based not on direct and certain knowledge, but on pictures made by himself or given to him... — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
The life of a savage is beset by glowering terrors: from birth to death he lives in an animated world; where the… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
The press is no substitute for institutions. It is like the beam of a searchlight that moves restlessly about, bringing one episode… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
The world is a better place to live in because it contains human beings who will give up ease and security in… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
Liberty without discipline cannot survive. Without order and authority in the spirit of man the free way of life leads through weakness,… — 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
We are all captives of the picture in our head - our belief that the world we have experienced is the world… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
The prophecy of a world moving toward political unity is the light which guides all that is best, most vigorous, most truly… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
We are told about the world before we see it. We imagine most things before we experience them. And those preconceptions, unless… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
We forge gradually our greatest instrument for understanding the world - introspection. We discover that humanity may resemble us very considerably -… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
The modern world is reversing the old virtues of authority. They aimed deliberately to make men unworldly. They did not aim to… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
When a man and woman are successfully in love, their whole activity is energized and victorious. They walk better, their digestion improves,… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
For the most part we do not first see, and then define, we define first and then see. In the great blooming,… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
The size of a man's income has considerable effect on his access to the world beyond his neighborhood. With money he can… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
The systems of stereotypes may be the core of our personal tradition, the defenses of our position in society. They are an… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
Without order or authority in the spirit of man the free way of life leads through weakness, disorganization, self-indulgence, and moral indifference… — 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
