Quotes by Lippmann, Walter

Football strategy does not originate in a scrimmage: it is useless to >>

The decay of decency in the modern age, the rebellion against law and >>

We are all captives of the picture in our head -- our belief that the >>

Quotations about Democracy

It is not enough to merely defend democracy. To defend it may be to lo >>

I confess I enjoy democracy immensely. It is incomparably idiotic, and >>

Two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two becaus >>

This is one of the paradoxes of the democratic movement -- that it loves a crowd and fears the individuals who compose it -- that the religion of humanity should have no faith in human beings.

Lippmann, Walter