The great social adventure of America is no longer the conquest of the wilderness but the absorption of fifty different peoples

Quote by Walter Lippmann

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While the right to talk may be the beginning of freedom, the necessity of listening...

While the right to talk may be the beginning of freedom, the necessity of listening...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

In a free society the state does not administer the affairs of men. It administers...

In a free society the state does not administer the affairs of men. It administers...

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...

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.

There can be no higher law in journalism than to tell the truth and to...

There can be no higher law in journalism than to tell the truth and to...

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...

When philosophers try to be politicians they generally cease to be philosophers.

When philosophers try to be politicians they generally cease to be philosophers.

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...

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...

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...

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;...

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...