All Walter Lippmann Quotes
- The great social adventure of America is no longer the conquest of the wilderness but the absorption of fifty different peoples. Absorb
- The study of error is not only in the highest degree prophylactic, but it serves as a stimulating introduction to the study of truth. Degree
- In government offices which are sensitive to the vehemence and passion of mass sentiment public men have no sure tenure. They are in effect perpetual… Always Required
- When distant and unfamiliar and complex things are communicated to great masses of people, the truth suffers a considerable and often a radical distortion. The… Absolute
- The radical novelty of modern science lies precisely in the rejection of the belief... that the forces which move the stars and atoms are contingent… Atoms
- The simple opposition between the people and big business has disappeared because the people themselves have become so deeply involved in big business. Big
- The tendency of the casual mind is to pick out or stumble upon a sample which supports or defies its prejudices, and then to make… Casual
- There can be no liberty for a community which lacks the means by which to detect lies. Community
- Ignore what a man desires and you ignore the very source of his power. Desire
- Industry is a better horse to ride than genius. Better
- We must abandon the notion that the people govern. Instead, we must adopt the theory that, by their occasional mobilisations as a majority, people support… Abandon
- This is one of the paradoxes of the democratic movement - that it loves a crowd and fears the individuals who compose it - that… Beings
- The justification of majority rule in politics is not to be found in its ethical superiority. Ethical
- The prophecy of a world moving toward political unity is the light which guides all that is best, most vigorous, most truly alive in the… Alive
- Football strategy does not originate in a scrimmage: it is useless to expect solutions in a political campaign. Campaign
- We know that it is possible to harness desire to many interests, that evil is one form of a desire, and not the nature of… Desire
- Culture is the name for what people are interested in, their thoughts, their models, the books they read and the speeches they hear, their table-talk,… Admire
- Many a time I have wanted to stop talking and find out what I really believed. Believed
- Where all men think alike, no one thinks very much. Alike
- There is nothing so good for the human soul as the discovery that there are ancient and flourishing civilized societies which have somehow managed to… Ancient
- A man has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so. Conduct
- When all men think alike, no one thinks very much. Alike
- Private property was the original source of freedom. It still is its main ballpark. Ballpark
- People that are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives. Aged
- Where all think alike, no one thinks very much Alike