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People Quotes by Walter Lippmann
- 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.…
- 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…
- In making the great experiment of governing people by consent rather than by coercion, it is not sufficient that the party in power should have…
- If all power is in the people, if there is no higher law than their will, and if by counting their votes, their will may…
- For the newspaper is in all literalness the bible of democracy, the book out of which a people determines its conduct. It is the only…
- No amount of charters, direct primaries, or short ballots will make a democracy out of an illiterate people.
- The news of the days it reaches the newspaper office is an incredible medley of fact, propaganda, rumor, suspicion, clues, hopes, and fears, and the…
- Franklin D. Roosevelt is no crusader. He is no tribune of the people. He is no enemy of entrenched privilege. He is a pleasant man…
- Successful democratic politicians are insecure and intimidated men. They advance politically only as they placate, appease, bribe, seduce, bamboozle, or otherwise manage to manipulate the…
- The chief element in the art of statesmanship under modern conditions is the ability to elucidate the confused and clamorous interests which converge upon the…
- People who are tremendously concerned about their identification, their individuality, their self-expression, or their sense of humor, always seem to be missing the very things…
- The best servants of the people, like the best valets, must whisper unpleasant truths in the master's ear. It is the court fool, not the…
- The great social adventure of America is no longer the conquest of the wilderness but the absorption of fifty different peoples.
- 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…
- The simple opposition between the people and big business has disappeared because the people themselves have become so deeply involved in big business.
- 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…
- 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,…
- People that are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.
More People Quotes
- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
- As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we in Haiti… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle