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 government offices which are sensitive to the vehemence and passion of mass sentiment public men have no sure tenure. They are in effect perpetual office seekers, always on trial for their political lives, always required to court their restless constituents. – Walter Lippmann

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Government
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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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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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America
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The first gold star a child gets in school for the mere performance of a needful task is its first lesson in graft. – Philip Wylie, Generation of Vipers, 1942

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Every society rests in the last resort on the recognition of common principles and common ideals, and if it makes no moral or spiritual appeal to the loyalty of its members, it must inevitably fall to pieces. – Christopher Dawson

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The smarter the journalists are, the better off society is. For to a degree, people read the press to inform themselves – and the better the teacher, the better the student body. – Warren Buffett

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We would like to get to a point in our society where people really are colorblind and this message would not have to be told anymore. Unfortunately, were not there yet. – Harry Connick, Jr.

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