Author: Walter Lippmann

Quotes

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

Where 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

The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully.

The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully.

- 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

There is no arguing with the pretenders to a divine knowledge and to a divine mission. They are possessed with the sin of pride, they have yielded to the perennial temptation.

There is no arguing with the pretenders to a divine knowledge and to a divine mission. They are possessed with the sin of pride, they have yielded to the perennial temptation.

- 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

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

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

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