We are quite rich enough to defend ourselves, whatever the cost. We must now learn that we are quite rich enough to educate ourselves as we need to be educated.

Quote by Walter Lippmann

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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.

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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...

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;...

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...

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

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

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...

The simple opposition between the people and big business has disappeared because the people themselves...

The simple opposition between the people and big business has disappeared because the people themselves...

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...

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 final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men...

The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men...

The simple act of paying positive attention to people has a great deal to do...

The simple act of paying positive attention to people has a great deal to do...

Only one man in a thousand is a leader of men -- the other 999...

Only one man in a thousand is a leader of men -- the other 999...

We need not just a new generation of leadership but a new gender of leadership

We need not just a new generation of leadership but a new gender of leadership