Prejudice and Generalization – Walter Lippmann
“The tendency of the casual mind is to pick out or stumble upon a sample which supports or defies its prejudices, and then to make it the representative of a whole class.”
Walter Lippmann
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Walter Lippmann Quote on Purpose and Soul
“Only the consciousness of a purpose that is mightier than any man and worthy of all men can fortify and inspirit and compose the souls of men.”
Walter Lippmann
Social Movements and Statesmanship – Walter Lippmann
“Social movements are at once the symptoms and the instruments of progress. Ignore them and statesmanship is irrelevant; fail to use them and it is weak.”
Walter Lippmann
Industry is a better horse to ride than genius – Walter Lippmann
“Industry is a better horse to ride than genius.”
Walter Lippmann
Quote by Walter Lippmann: Realism Instead of Illusion
“The time has come to stop beating our heads against stone walls under the illusion that we have been appointed policeman to the human race.”
Walter Lippmann
Philosophers and Politicians – Walter Lippmann
“When philosophers try to be politicians they generally cease to be philosophers.”
Walter Lippmann
Distance Between Journalists and Heads of State – Walter Lippmann
“A long life in journalism convinced me many presidents ago that there should be a large air space between a journalist and the head of a state.”
Walter Lippmann
Walter Lippmann: On the Complexity of Political Beliefs
“Once you touch the biographies of human beings, the notion that political beliefs are logically determined collapses like a pricked balloon.”
Walter Lippmann
In a Free Society – Walter Lippmann
“In a free society the state does not administer the affairs of men. It administers justice among men who conduct their own affairs.”
Walter Lippmann
The Surest Way to Corrupt a Youth – Friedrich Nietzsche
“The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.”
Friedrich Nietzsche