Quotes by Lippmann, Walter

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In making the great experiment of governing people by consent rather t >>

Quotations about Majority

Whenever you find that you are on the side of the majority, it is time >>

The majority is always wrong; the minority is rarely right. >>

Majority rule is a precious, sacred thing worth dying for. But -- like >>

The principle of majority rule is the mildest form in which the force of numbers can be exercised. It is a pacific substitute for civil war in which the opposing armies are counted and the victory is awarded to the larger before any blood is shed. Except in the sacred tests of democracy and in the incantations of the orators, we hardly take the trouble to pretend that the rule of the majority is not at bottom a rule of force.

Lippmann, Walter