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In a free society the state does not administer the affairs of men

In a free society the state does not administer the affairs of men. It administers justice among men who conduct their own affairs. – Walter Lippmann

Other quotes by Walter Lippmann

In government offices which are sensitive to the vehemence and passion of mass sentiment public men have no sure tenure. They are in effect perpetual office seekers, always on trial for their political lives, always required to court their restless constituents. – Walter Lippmann

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Government
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Walter Lippmann
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In making the great experiment of governing people by consent rather than by coercion, it is not sufficient that the party in power should have a majority. It is just as necessary that the party in power should never outrage the minority. – Walter Lippmann

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

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Technology
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Walter Lippmann
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I know many married men, I even know a few happily married men, but I dont know one who wouldnt fall down the first open coal hole running after the first pretty girl who gave him a wink. – George Jean Nathan

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Power does not corrupt men fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power. – George Bernard Shaw

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Mens arguments often prove nothing but their wishes. – Charles Caleb Colton

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An artist neednt be a clergyman or a churchwarden, but he certainly must have a warm heart for his fellow men. – Vincent Van Gogh

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