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

Other quotes by Walter Lippmann

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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The radical novelty of modern science lies precisely in the rejection of the belief, which is at the heart of all popular religion, 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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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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Other Quotes from
Men
category

If women were particular about mens characters, they would never get married at all. – George Bernard Shaw

Category:
Men

When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon. – Thomas Paine

Category:
Men

The question arises as to whether it is possible not to live in the world of men and still to live in the world. – Louise Bernikow

Category:
Men

Neutral men are the devils allies. – Edwin Hubbel Chapin

Category:
Men

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Human folk are as a matter of fact eager to find intelligence in animals. – Edward Thorndike

Category:
Intelligence

I want my life to effect the balance to the positive. – Mira Sorvino

Category:
positive

The gap in our economy is between what we have and what we think we ought to have — and that is a moral problem, not an economic one. – Paul Heyne

Bigamy is having one husband too many. Monogamy is the same. – Author unknown

Category:
Marriage