317 Quotes by Walter Lippmann

The prophecy of a world moving toward political unity is the light which guides all that is best, most vigorous, most truly alive in the work of our time.

Democracy is much too important to be left to public opinion.

When philosophers try to be politicians they generally cease to be philosophers.

Between ourselves and our real natures we interpose that wax figure of idealizations and selections which we call our character.

The justification of majority rule in politics is not to be found in its ethical superiority.

Ideals are an imaginative understanding of that which is desirable in that which is possible.

A large plural society cannot be governed without recognizing that, transcending its plural interests, there is a rational order with a superior common law.

No mariner ever enters upon a more uncharted sea than does the average human being born in the 20th century. Our ancestors know their way from birth through eternity; we are puzzled about the day after tomorrow.

Industry is a better horse to ride than genius.