Walter Lippmann

"Leaders are the custodians of a nation's ideals, of the beliefs it cherishes, of its permanent hopes, of the faith which makes a nation out of a mere aggregation of individuals." Walter Lippmann

"Lovers who have nothing to do but love each other are not really to be envied; love and nothing else very soon is nothing else." Walter Lippmann

"The opposition is indispensable. A good statesman, like any other sensible human being, always learns more from his opponents than from his fervent supporters. For his supporters will push him to disaster unless his opponents show him where the dangers are. So if he is wise he will often pray to be delivered from his friends, because they will ruin him. But though it hurts, he ought also to pray never to be left without opponents; for they keep him on the path of reason and good sense." Walter Lippmann

"It is perfectly true that that government is best which governs least. It is equally true that that government is best which provides most." Walter Lippmann