Quotes by Walter Lippmann

It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.

#Wisdom

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

#Intelligence

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

#Writers

Where all think alike, no one thinks very much

#Thinking

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

#Thinking

The radical novelty of modern science lies precisely in the rejection of the belief, which...

#Belief

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

#Desire

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

#Leadership

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

#Genius

It requires wisdom to understand wisdom; the music is nothing if the audience is deaf

#Wisdom

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

#Honesty

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

#Freedom, #Listening