Quote by Walter Lippmann
There is no arguing with the pretenders to a divine knowledge and

There is no arguing with the pretenders to a divine knowledge and to a divine mission. They are possessed with the sin of pride, they have yielded to the perennial temptation. – 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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We are quite rich enough to defend ourselves, whatever the cost. We must now learn that we are quite rich enough to educate ourselves as we need to be educated. – Walter Lippmann

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

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On our plane knowledge and ignorance are the immemorial adversaries. – Frederick Soddy

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My knowledge of video games ends with Nintendo Mario Bros. – Gina Carano

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Knowledge of what is does not open the door directly to what should be. – Albert Einstein

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The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we are ignorant. – Plato

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