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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

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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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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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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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Your Constitution is all sail and no anchor. – Thomas Babington Macaulay

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

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

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A good constitution is infinitely better than the best despot. – Thomas Babington Macaulay

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A bosom friend — an intimate friend, you know — a really kindred spirit to whom I can confide my inmost soul. – L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

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