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

Topics: Adventure Quotes, America And Americans Quotes

Where all think alike, no one thinks very much

Where all think alike, no one thinks very much

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

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

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...

It is impossible to abolish either with a law or an ax the desires of...

It is impossible to abolish either with a law or an ax the desires of...

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 nothing so bad but it can masquerade as moral

There is nothing so bad but it can masquerade as moral

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

The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common...

The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common...

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.

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...

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.

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,...

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

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

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...

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 study of error is not only in the highest degree prophylactic, but it serves...

The study of error is not only in the highest degree prophylactic, but it serves...

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...

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...

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...

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.