All Walter Lippmann Quotes
- A man who has humility will have acquired in the last reaches of his beliefs the saving doubt of his own certainty. Acquired
- We forge gradually our greatest instrument for understanding the world - introspection. We discover that humanity may resemble us very considerably - that the best… Best
- The principles of the good society call for a concern with an order of being - which cannot be proved existentially to the sense organs… Call
- A useful definition of liberty is obtained only by seeking the principle of liberty in the main business of human life, that is to say,… Business
- When all think alike, then no one is thinking Alike
- It is so much easier to talk of poverty than to think of the poor. Easier
- Art enlarges experience by admitting us to the inner life of others. Admitting
- Between ourselves and our real natures we interpose that wax figure of idealizations and selections which we call our character. Call
- There is nothing so bad but it can masquerade as moral. Bad
- The thinker dies, but his thoughts are beyond the reach of destruction. Men are mortal; but ideas are immortal. Beyond
- Life is an irreversible process and for that reason its future can never be a repetition of the past. Future
- Politicians tend to live "in character" and many a public figure has come to imitate the journalism that describes him. Character
- When everyone thinks alike, no one thinks very much. Alike
- Almost always tradition is nothing but a record and a machine-made imitation of the habits that our ancestors created. Almost Always
- You don't have to preach honesty to men with creative purpose. Let a human being throw the engines of his soul into the making of… Care
- Private property was the original source of freedom. It still is its main bulwark. Bulwark
- Whereas each man claims his freedom as a matter of right, the freedom he accords to other men is a matter of toleration. Accord
- The unexamined life, said Socrates, is unfit to be lived by man. This is the virtue of liberty, and the ground on which we may… Belief
- In a democracy, the opposition is not only tolerated as constitutional, but must be maintained because it is indispensable. Constitutional
- He has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so. Conduct
- The Bill of Rights does not come from the people and is not subject to change by majorities. It comes from the nature of things.… All
- Successful ... politicians are insecure and intimidated men. They advance politically only as they placate, appease, bribe, seduce, bamboozle or otherwise manage to manipulate the… Advance
- When philosophers try to be politicians they generally cease to be philosophers. Cease
- A rational man acting in the real world may be defined as one who decides where he will strike a balance between what he desires… Acting
- What the public does is not to express its opinions but to align itself for or against a proposal. If that theory is accepted, we… Abandon