What we call a democratic society might be defined for certain purposes as one in which the majority is always prepared to put down a revolutionary minority.

Quote by Walter Lippmann

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We are all captives of the picture in our head - our belief that the...

We are all captives of the picture in our head - our belief that the...

We are quite rich enough to defend ourselves, whatever the cost. We must now learn...

We are quite rich enough to defend ourselves, whatever the cost. We must now learn...

The tendency of the casual mind is to pick out or stumble upon a sample...

The tendency of the casual mind is to pick out or stumble upon a sample...

Ages when custom is unsettled are necessarily ages of prophecy. The moralist cannot teach what...

Ages when custom is unsettled are necessarily ages of prophecy. The moralist cannot teach what...

The best servants of the people, like the best valets, must whisper unpleasant truths in...

The best servants of the people, like the best valets, must whisper unpleasant truths in...

The radical novelty of modern science lies precisely in the rejection of the belief, which...

The radical novelty of modern science lies precisely in the rejection of the belief, which...

Ideals are an imaginative understanding of that which is desirable in that which is possible.

Ideals are an imaginative understanding of that which is desirable in that which is possible.

People that are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all...

People that are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all...

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

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

Most men, after a little freedom, have preferred authority with the consoling assurances and the...

Most men, after a little freedom, have preferred authority with the consoling assurances and the...

The great social adventure of America is no longer the conquest of the wilderness but...

The great social adventure of America is no longer the conquest of the wilderness but...

When distant and unfamiliar and complex things are communicated to great masses of people, the...

When distant and unfamiliar and complex things are communicated to great masses of people, the...

Most men, after a little freedom, have preferred authority with the consoling assurances and the...

Most men, after a little freedom, have preferred authority with the consoling assurances and the...

Many a time I have wanted to stop talking and find out what I really...

Many a time I have wanted to stop talking and find out what I really...

When men can no longer be theists, they must, if they are civilized, become humanists.

When men can no longer be theists, they must, if they are civilized, become humanists.

Only the consciousness of a purpose that is mightier than any man and worthy of...

Only the consciousness of a purpose that is mightier than any man and worthy of...

Once you touch the biographies of human beings, the notion that political beliefs are logically...

Once you touch the biographies of human beings, the notion that political beliefs are logically...

Our conscience is not the vessel of eternal verities. It grows with our social life,...

Our conscience is not the vessel of eternal verities. It grows with our social life,...

Brains, you know, are suspect in the Republican Party.

Brains, you know, are suspect in the Republican Party.

Social movements are at once the symptoms and the instruments of progress. Ignore them and...

Social movements are at once the symptoms and the instruments of progress. Ignore them and...