Quotes by Lippmann, Walter

Our conscience is not the vessel of eternal verities. It grows with ou >>

It is perfectly true that that government is best which governs least. >>

The ordinary politician has a very low estimate of human nature. In hi >>

Quotations about Constitutions

The American Constitution, one of the few modern political documents d >>

The words of the Constitution are so unrestricted by their intrinsic m >>

A good constitution is infinitely better than the best despot. >>

The first principle of a civilized state is that the power is legitimate only when it is under contract.

Lippmann, Walter