Quotes by Lippmann, Walter

Where mass opinion dominates the government, there is a morbid derange >>

The first principle of a civilized state is that the power is legitima >>

The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men t >>

Quotations about Public Office

No people is wholly civilized where a distinction is drawn between ste >>

If a large city can, after intense intellectual efforts, choose for it >>

A public man must never forget that he loses his usefulness when he as >>

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.

Lippmann, Walter