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

Quote by Walter Lippmann

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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...

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

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...

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.

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...

A man has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it...

A man has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it...

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

What we call a democratic society might be defined for certain purposes as one in...

What we call a democratic society might be defined for certain purposes as one in...

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...

There is nothing so bad but it can masquerade as moral

There is nothing so bad but it can masquerade as moral

A long life in journalism convinced me many presidents ago that there should be a...

A long life in journalism convinced me many presidents ago that there should be a...

No amount of charters, direct primaries, or short ballots will make a democracy out of...

No amount of charters, direct primaries, or short ballots will make a democracy out of...

There is no arguing with the pretenders to a divine knowledge and to a divine...

There is no arguing with the pretenders to a divine knowledge and to a divine...

In government offices which are sensitive to the vehemence and passion of mass sentiment public...

In government offices which are sensitive to the vehemence and passion of mass sentiment public...

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...

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...