Author: Walter Lippmann

Quotes

When all men think alike, no one thinks very much.

When all men think alike, no one thinks very much.

- Walter Lippmann

Many a time I have wanted to stop talking and find out what I really believed.

Many a time I have wanted to stop talking and find out what I really believed.

- Walter Lippmann

The simple opposition between the people and big business has disappeared because the people themselves have become so deeply involved in big business.

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

Private property was the original source of freedom. It still is its main ballpark.

Private property was the original source of freedom. It still is its main ballpark.

- Walter Lippmann

Our conscience is not the vessel of eternal verities. It grows with our social life, and a new social condition means a radical change in conscience.

Our conscience is not the vessel of eternal verities. It grows with our social life, and a new social condition means a radical change in conscience.

- Walter Lippmann

In a free society the state does not administer the affairs of men. It administers justice among men who conduct their own affairs.

In a free society the state does not administer the affairs of men. It administers justice among men who conduct their own affairs.

- Walter Lippmann

Success makes men rigid and they tend to exalt stability over all the other virtues; tired of the effort of willing they become fanatics about conservatism.

Success makes men rigid and they tend to exalt stability over all the other virtues; tired of the effort of willing they become fanatics about conservatism.

- Walter Lippmann

Where all men think alike, no one thinks very much.

Where all men think alike, no one thinks very much.

- Walter Lippmann

It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.

It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.

- Walter Lippmann

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