Politics and Perception of Good and Evil – Walter Lippmann
“Before you can begin to think about politics at all, you have to abandon the notion that there is a war between good men and bad men.”
Walter Lippmann
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Regimes Fail Through Weakness – Walter Lippmann Quote
“A regime, an established order, is rarely overthrown by a revolutionary movement; usually a regime collapses of its own weakness and corruption and then a revolutionary movement enters among the ruins and takes over the powers that have become vacant.”
Walter Lippmann
Culture and Civilization – Quote by Walter Lippmann
“Culture is the name for what people are interested in, their thoughts, their models, the books they read and the speeches they hear, their table-talk, gossip, controversies, historical sense and scientific training, the values they appreciate, the quality of life they admire. All communities have a culture. It is the climate of their civilization.”
Walter Lippmann
Walter Lippmann on the Decay of Decency
“The decay of decency in the modern age, the rebellion against law and good faith, the treatment of human beings as things, as the mere instruments of power and ambition, is without a doubt the consequence of the decay of the belief in man as something more than an animal animated by highly conditioned reflexes and chemical reactions. For, unless man is something more than that, he has no rights that anyone is bound to respect, and there are no limitations upon his conduct which he is bound to obey.”
Walter Lippmann
Minimum Standard of Living as State Duty – Walter Lippmann
“To create a minimum standard of life below which no human being can fall is the most elementary duty of the democratic state.”
Walter Lippmann
Without Criticism Government Cannot Govern – Walter Lippmann
“Without criticism and reliable and intelligent reporting, the government cannot govern.”
Walter Lippmann
Love Endures – Walter Lippmann Quote
“Love endures when the lovers love many things together And not merely each other.”
Walter Lippmann
Bill of Rights and Human Rights – Walter Lippmann
“The Bill of Rights does not come from the people and is not subject to change by majorities. It comes from the nature of things. It declares the inalienable rights of man not only against all government but also against the people collectively.”
Walter Lippmann
True Love Energizes Life – Walter Lippmann
“When a man and woman are successfully in love, their whole activity is energized and victorious. They walk better, their digestion improves, they think more clearly, their secret worries drop away, the world is fresh and interesting, and they can do more than they dreamed that they could do. In love of this kind sexual intimacy is not the dead end of desire as it is in romantic or promiscuous love, but periodic affirmation of the inward delight of desire pervading an active life.”
Walter Lippmann
Dangers of Democracy – Walter Lippmann
“Unless democracy is to commit suicide by consenting to its own destruction, it will have to find some formidable answer to those who come to it saying: I demand from you in the name of your principles the rights which I shall deny to you later in the name of my principles.”
Walter Lippmann