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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

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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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Nothing is forever, if you have enough power tools. – S.A. Sachs

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CNN found that Hillary Clinton is the most admired woman in America. Women admire her because shes strong and successful. Men admire her because she allows her husband to cheat and get away with it. – Jay Leno

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Men

The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for white, or women created for men. – Alice Walker

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Men

Although I do wrong, I do not the wrongs that I am charged with doing the wrong that I do is through the frailty of human nature, like other men. No man lives without fault. – Joseph Smith, Jr.

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Most of the press is in league with government, or with the status quo. – Harold Pinter

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