Quote by Walter Lippmann
Most men, after a little freedom, have preferred authority with th

Most men, after a little freedom, have preferred authority with the consoling assurances and the economy of effort it brings. – Walter Lippmann

Other quotes by Walter Lippmann

It is perfectly true that that government is best which governs least. It is equally true that that government is best which provides most. – Walter Lippmann

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Government
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Corrupt, stupid grasping functionaries will make at least as big a muddle of socialism as stupid, selfish and acquisitive employers can make of capitalism. – Walter Lippmann

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Corruption
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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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Men
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Other Quotes from
Freedom
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When the People contend for their liberty, they seldom get anything for their Victory but new Masters. – George Savile

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Freedom

A major source of objection to a free economy is precisely that group thinks they ought to want. Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself. – Milton Friedman

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Freedom

So the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is out there preserving and fighting for, and sometimes winning and sometimes losing, the fight for First Amendment rights in comics and, more generally, for freedom of speech. – Neil Gaiman

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Freedom

The Ego is partly free. partly determined, and reaches fuller freedom by approaching the Individual who is most free: God. – Muhammad Iqbal

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Freedom

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My one regret in life is that I am not someone else. – Woody Allen

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funny

Injuries obviously change the way you approach the game. – Brett Favre

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Change

One of the indictments of civilizations is that happiness and intelligence are so rarely found in the same person. – William Feather

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Happiness

Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are good is like expecting the bull not to charge because you are a vegetarian. – Dennis Wholey

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Cows