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.

Quote by Walter Lippmann

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I would have carved on the portals of the National Press Club, Put not your...

I would have carved on the portals of the National Press Club, Put not your...

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...

The first principle of a civilized state is that the power is legitimate only when...

The first principle of a civilized state is that the power is legitimate only when...

Private property was the original source of freedom. It still is its main ballpark.

Private property was the original source of freedom. It still is its main ballpark.

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...

The writers who have nothing to say, are the ones you can buy, the others...

The writers who have nothing to say, are the ones you can buy, the others...

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

Men who are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all...

Men who are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all...

He has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is...

He has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is...

He has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is...

He has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is...

The private citizen, beset by partisan appeals for the loan of his Public Opinion, will...

The private citizen, beset by partisan appeals for the loan of his Public Opinion, will...

Success makes men rigid and they tend to exalt stability over all the other virtues;...

Success makes men rigid and they tend to exalt stability over all the other virtues;...

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.

When all men think alike, no one thinks very much.

When all men think alike, no one thinks very much.

Certainly he is not of the generation that regards honesty as the best policy. However,...

Certainly he is not of the generation that regards honesty as the best policy. However,...

Where all men think alike, no one thinks very much.

Where all men think alike, no one thinks very much.

Industry is a better horse to ride than genius.

Industry is a better horse to ride than genius.

The opposition is indispensable. A good statesman, like any other sensible human being, always learns...

The opposition is indispensable. A good statesman, like any other sensible human being, always learns...

Unless the reformer can invent something which substitutes attractive virtues for attractive vices, he will...

Unless the reformer can invent something which substitutes attractive virtues for attractive vices, he will...

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,...