Quote by Walter Lippmann
The first principle of a civilized state is that the power is legi

The first principle of a civilized state is that the power is legitimate only when it is under contract. – Walter Lippmann

Other quotes by Walter Lippmann

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

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Music
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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. – Walter Lippmann

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Science
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The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer. – Henry Kissinger

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Constitution

Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes. – Benjamin Franklin

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Constitution

A constitution that is made for all nations is made for none. – Joseph De Maistre

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Constitution

It is the genius of our Constitution that under its shelter of enduring institutions and rooted principles there is ample room for the rich fertility of American political invention. – Lyndon B. Johnson

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Constitution

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Im a survivor of life. I try to give the glory to God and appreciate whats happening to me. – Mike Epps

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In the sixties, you could always insult a guy by calling him “plastic.” It meant he was phony or superficial. The opposite of plastic was “real.” – Elizabeth Royte, Garbage Land: On the Secret Trail of Trash, 2005

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Life only starts when love comes. – From the movie Bill of Divorcement, 1932

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He was what I often think is a dangerous thing for a statesman to be – a student of history and like most of those who study history, he learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones. – A. J. P. Taylor

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