The chief element in the art of statesmanship under modern conditions is the ability to elucidate the confused and clamorous interests which converge upon the seat of government. It is an ability to penetrate from the nanve self-interest of each group to its permanent and real interest. Statesmanship consists in giving the people not what they want but what they will learn to want. - Walter Lippmann Quotes
The chief element in the art of statesmanship under modern conditions is the ability to elucidate the confused and clamorous interests which converge upon the seat of government. It is an ability to penetrate from the nanve self-interest of each group to its permanent and real interest. Statesmanship consists in giving the people not what they want but what they will learn to want. Walter Lippmann
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The great social adventure of America is no longer the conquest of the wilderness but the absorption of fifty different peoples - Walter Lippmann Quotes

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A long life in journalism convinced me many presidents ago that there should be a large air space between a journalist and the head of a state. - Walter Lippmann Quotes

A long life in journalism convinced me many presidents ago that there should be a large air space between a journalist and the head of a state.

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True opinions can prevail only if the facts to which they refer are known; if they are not known, false ideas are just as effective as true ones, if not a little more effective - Walter Lippmann Quotes

True opinions can prevail only if the facts to which they refer are known; if they are not known, false ideas are just as effective as true ones, if not a little more effective

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It requires wisdom to understand wisdom; the music is nothing if the audience is deaf - Walter Lippmann Quotes

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Love endures only when the lovers love many things together and not merely each other. - Walter Lippmann Quotes

Love endures only when the lovers love many things together and not merely each other.

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The opposition is indispensable. A good statesman, like any other sensible human being, always learns more from his opponents than from his fervent supporters. - Walter Lippmann Quotes

The opposition is indispensable. A good statesman, like any other sensible human being, always learns more from his opponents than from his fervent supporters.

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There is no arguing with the pretenders to a divine knowledge and to a divine mission. They are possessed with the sin of pride, they have yielded to the perennial temptation. - Walter Lippmann Quotes

There is no arguing with the pretenders to a divine knowledge and to a divine mission. They are possessed with the sin of pride, they have yielded to the perennial temptation.

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Democracy is much too important to be left to public opinion. - Walter Lippmann Quotes

Democracy is much too important to be left to public opinion.

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Private property was the original source of freedom. It still is its main ballpark. - Walter Lippmann Quotes

Private property was the original source of freedom. It still is its main ballpark.

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