Quote by Walter Lippmann
The private citizen, beset by partisan appeals for the loan of his

The private citizen, beset by partisan appeals for the loan of his Public Opinion, will soon see, perhaps, that these appeals are not a compliment to his intelligence, but an imposition on his good nature and an insult to his sense of evidence. – Walter Lippmann

Other quotes by Walter Lippmann

Before you can begin to think about politics at all, you have to abandon the notion that there is a war between good men and bad men. – Walter Lippmann

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Politics
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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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Intelligence
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The E.U. has moved to combat global terrorism by instituting common European arrest and evidence warrants and creating a joint situation center to pool and analyze intelligence. – John Bruton

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Perhaps measuring animal intelligence by comparing it to human intelligence isnt the best litmus test. – Ingrid Newkirk

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Intelligence

The terrorist uses surprise and stealth, and the only way to defeat that is by having accurate and timely intelligence. – Bill Nelson

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When I went on to write my next book, Working With Emotional Intelligence, I wanted to make a business case that the best performers were those people strong in these skills. – Daniel Goleman

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I think the materialist conception of history is valid. – Christopher Hitchens

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I had a life once. Now I have a computer. – Author Unknown

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In a dark moment I ask, “How can anyone bring a child into this world?” And the answer rings clear, “Because there is no other world, and because the child has no other way into it.” – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. – Socrates

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