Quote by Walter Lippmann
What we call a democratic society might be defined for certain pur

What we call a democratic society might be defined for certain purposes as one in which the majority is always prepared to put down a revolutionary minority. – Walter Lippmann

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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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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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In bourgeois society capital is independent and has individuality, while the living person is dependent and has no individuality. – Karl Marx

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On an average day 7 minutes of news happens. Yet there are currently three full-time, 24-hour news networks. – Jon Stewart

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