Walter Lippmann

"Without some form of censorship, propaganda in the strict sense of the word is impossible. In order to conduct propaganda there must be some barrier between the public and the event" Walter Lippmann

"In a democracy, the opposition is not only tolerated as constitutional, but must be maintained because it is indispensable." Walter Lippmann

"The news and the truth are not the same thing." Walter Lippmann

"Freedom depends on the truthfulness of the information that guides us" Walter Lippmann

"There can be no liberty for a community which lacks the means by which to detect lies" Walter Lippmann

"We are told about the world before we see it. We imagine most things before we experience them. And those preconceptions, unless education has made us acutely aware, govern deeply the whole process of perception." Walter Lippmann

"When all think alike, then no one is thinking." Walter Lippmann

"Though it is disguised by the illusion that a bureaucracy accountable to a majority of voters, and susceptible to the pressure of organized minorities, is not exercising compulsion, it is evident that the more varied and comprehensive the regulation becomes, the more the state becomes a despotic power as against the individual. For the fragment of control over the government which he exercises through his vote is in no effective sense proportionate to the authority exercised over him by the government." Walter Lippmann

"We are dealing with a problem in which deception has become organized and powerful; where truth is poisoned at its source; where the skills of the cleverest minds are used to mislead a bewildered people." Walter Lippmann

"We are all captives of the picture in our head – our belief that the world we have experienced is the world that really exists." Walter Lippmann

"The press does not tell us what to think, it tells us what to think about." Walter Lippmann

"Private property was the original source of freedom. It still is its main bulwark." Walter Lippmann

"There can be no liberty for a community which lacks the means by which to detect lies." Walter Lippmann

"It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf." Walter Lippmann