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

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The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on. – Walter Lippmann

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A bachelor is a guy who never made the same mistake once. – Phyllis Diller

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It was pride that changed angels into devils it is humility that makes men as angels. – Saint Augustine

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Evil men have no songs. How is it that the Russians have songs? – Friedrich Nietzsche

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One of the things being in politics has taught me is that men are not a reasoned or reasonable sex. – Margaret Thatcher

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