317 Quotes by Walter Lippmann

If you ignore what a man desires, and you deny the very source of his power.

Laddove tutti pensano allo stesso modo, nessuno pensa un gran che

The final test of a leader is that he or she leaves behind in others the conviction and the will to carry on.

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

Where all think alike, no one thinks very much.

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.

The most interesting kind of portraiture is that which arises spontaneously in people’s minds.

The world is a better place to live in because it contains human beings who will give up ease and security and stake their own lives in order to do what they themselves think worth doing.

There can be no liberty for a community which lacks the means by which to detect lies.