Quotes by Lippmann, Walter

The principles of the good society call for a concern with an order of >>

Unless the reformer can invent something which substitutes attractive >>

If all power is in the people, if there is no higher law than their wi >>

Quotations about Prophecy

There exists a species of transcendental ventriloquism by means of whi >>

The are and practice of selling one's credibility for future delivery. >>

Don't ever prophesy; for if you prophesy wrong, nobody will forget it; >>

Ages when custom is unsettled are necessarily ages of prophecy. The moralist cannot teach what is revealed; he must reveal what can be taught. He has to seek insight rather than to preach.

Lippmann, Walter