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~ Walter Lippmann Quotes ~
« on: November 22, 2015, 06:54:47 PM »
Walter Lippmann Quotes


An American intellectual, writer, reporter, and political commentator who gained notoriety for being among the first to introduce the concept of Cold War.
Walter Lippmann (23 September 1889 – 14 December 1974) was an American intellectual, writer, reporter, and political commentator who gained notoriety for being among the first to introduce the concept of Cold War. Lippmann was twice awarded (1958 and 1962) a Pulitzer Prize for his syndicated newspaper column, “Today and Tomorrow”.

Here are some famous quotes by Walter Lippmann.




Where all think alike no one thinks very much.
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« Reply #1 on: November 22, 2015, 06:55:15 PM »
Industry is a better horse to ride than genius.
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« Reply #2 on: November 22, 2015, 06:55:43 PM »
Many a time I have wanted to stop talking and find out what I really believed.
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« Reply #3 on: November 22, 2015, 06:56:19 PM »
It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.
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« Reply #4 on: November 22, 2015, 06:56:51 PM »
What a myth never contains is the critical power to separate its truth from its errors.
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« Reply #5 on: November 22, 2015, 06:57:25 PM »
Life is an irreversible process and for that reason its future can never be a repetition of the past.
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« Reply #6 on: November 22, 2015, 06:57:54 PM »
The first principle of a civilized state is that the power is legitimate only when it is under contract.
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« Reply #7 on: November 22, 2015, 06:58:24 PM »
The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind in other men the conviction and the will to carry on.
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« Reply #8 on: November 22, 2015, 06:58:55 PM »
While the right to talk may be the beginning of freedom the necessity of listening is what makes the right important.
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Re: ~ Walter Lippmann Quotes ~
« Reply #9 on: November 22, 2015, 06:59:38 PM »
In a democracy the opposition is not only tolerated as constitutional but must be maintained because it is indispensable.
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« Reply #10 on: November 22, 2015, 07:00:11 PM »
A man has honour if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient unprofitable or dangerous to do so.
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Re: ~ Walter Lippmann Quotes ~
« Reply #11 on: November 22, 2015, 07:00:47 PM »
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.
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« Reply #12 on: November 22, 2015, 07:01:16 PM »
The radical novelty of modern science lies precisely in the rejection of the belief... that the forces which move the stars and atoms are contingent upon the preferences of the human heart.
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« Reply #13 on: November 22, 2015, 07:01:40 PM »
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 demanding and threatening elements in their constituencies.
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