Author: Walter Lippmann

Quotes

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

The study of error is not only in the highest degree prophylactic, but it serves as a stimulating introduction to the study of truth.

The study of error is not only in the highest degree prophylactic, but it serves as a stimulating introduction to the study of truth.

- Walter Lippmann

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

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

- Walter Lippmann

The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on.

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

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

The opposition is indispensable. A good statesman, like any other sensible human being, always learns more from his opposition than from his fervent supporters.

The opposition is indispensable. A good statesman, like any other sensible human being, always learns more from his opposition than from his fervent supporters.

- Walter Lippmann

A long life in journalism convinced me many presidents ago that there should be a large air space between a journalist and the head of a state.

A long life in journalism convinced me many presidents ago that there should be a large air space between a journalist and the head of a state.

- Walter Lippmann

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

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

- Walter Lippmann

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