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Quote by Walter Lippmann
You cannot endow even the best machine with initiative; the jollie

You cannot endow even the best machine with initiative; the jolliest steam-roller will not plant flowers. – Walter Lippmann

Other quotes by 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. – Walter Lippmann

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Knowledge
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Walter Lippmann
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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

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Business
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Walter Lippmann
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Most men, after a little freedom, have preferred authority with the consoling assurances and the economy of effort it brings. – Walter Lippmann

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Freedom
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Other Quotes from
Technology
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If you really want to improve technology, if you want things to work better and be better, youve got to protect the person who spends a lot of effort, money, and time developing that new technology. – James Dyson

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Technology

Ive been thinking about the distorted view of science that prevails in our culture. Ive been wondering about this, because our civilization is completely dependent on science and high technology, yet most of us are alienated from science. – Ann Druyan

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Technology

These days theres so much technology and ways you can learn. There are videos and CD roms. – Mick Taylor

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Technology

From coast to coast, the FBI and Securities and Exchange Commission have ensnared people not only at hedge funds, but at technology and pharmaceutical companies, consulting and law firms, government agencies, and even a major stock exchange. – Preet Bharara

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Technology

Random Quotes

The smile on your face lets me know that you need me, theres a truth in your heart that says youll never leave me, and the touch of your hand says youll catch me whenever I fall. – Allison Krauss

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smile

Im not a traditional politician, and I have a sense of humor. Ill try to soften it and become boring, maybe even very boring, but Im not sure if Ill be able to. – Silvio Berlusconi

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Humor

It has been argued that British girls are incapable of deep feeling or brilliant acting owing to their lack of temperament. This, I am positive, is not true. – Ivor Novello

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positive

The difference between Marilyn Monroe and the early Pamela Anderson is not that great. Whats amazing is that the taste of American men and international tastes in terms of beauty have essentially stayed the same. Styles change, but our view of beauty stays the same. – Hugh Hefner

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amazing