Walter Lippmann was an influential American writer, journalist, and political commentator.
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“Love endures only when the lovers love many things together and not merely each other.”
Walter Lippmann
“It requires wisdom to understand wisdom; the music is nothing if the audience is deaf”
“A long life in journalism convinced me many presidents ago that there should be a large air space between a journalist and the head of a state.”
“Successful politicians are insecure and intimidated men. They advance politically only as they placate, appease, bribe, seduce, bamboozle or otherwise manage to manipulate the demanding and threatening elements in their constituencies.”
“He has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.”
“Industry is a better horse to ride than genius.”
“The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and will to carry on.”
“Where all think alike, no one thinks very much”
“There can be no higher law in journalism than to tell the truth and to shame the devil - remain detached from the great”
“While the right to talk may be the beginning of freedom, the necessity of listening is what makes the right important”