Quotes by Lippmann, Walter

In government offices which are sensitive to the vehemence and passion >>

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

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

Quotations about State

While the State exists there can be no freedom; when there is freedom >>

The State is the altar of political freedom and, like the religious al >>

If nationality is consent, the state is compulsion. >>

In a free society the state does not administer the affairs of men. It administers justice among men who conduct their own affairs.

Lippmann, Walter