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It is perfectly true that that government is best which governs least. It is equally true that that government is best which provides most.
Walter Lippmann
Government
Industry is a better horse to ride than genius.
Walter Lippmann
Genius
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
Men
Society
Justice
State
Brains, you know, are suspect in the Republican Party.
Walter Lippmann
Party
Republican
A man has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.
Walter Lippmann
Honor
Man
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
Life
Journalism
Space
State
Men who are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.
Walter Lippmann
Men
Being
Danger
Many a time I have wanted to stop talking and find out what I really believed.
Walter Lippmann
Time
Talking
He has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.
Walter Lippmann
Honor
The time has come to stop beating our heads against stone walls under the illusion that we have been appointed policeman to the human race.
Walter Lippmann
Time
Illusion
Race
When men can no longer be theists, they must, if they are civilized, become humanists.
Walter Lippmann
Men
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 complex is made over into the simple, the hypothetical into the dogmatic, and the relative into an absolute.
Walter Lippmann
Truth
People
Radical
When all men think alike, no one thinks very much.
Walter Lippmann
Men
What we call a democratic society might be defined for certain purposes as one in which the majority is always prepared to put down a revolutionary minority.
Walter Lippmann
Society
Majority
Minority
We are quite rich enough to defend ourselves, whatever the cost. We must now learn that we are quite rich enough to educate ourselves as we need to be educated.
Walter Lippmann
Now