Once you touch the biographies of human beings, the notion that political beliefs are logically determined collapses like a pricked balloon. — Walter Lippmann
When distant and unfamiliar and complex things are communicated to great masses of people — Walter Lippmann
When men can no longer be theists, they must, if they are civilized, become humanists. — Walter Lippmann
The study of error is not only in the highest degree prophylactic, but it serves as a stimulating introduction to the study of truth. — Walter Lippmann
In really hard times the rules of the game are altered. The inchoate mass begins to stir. — Walter Lippmann
Ideals are an imaginative understanding of that which is desirable in that which is possible. — Walter Lippmann
The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on. — Walter Lippmann
It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf. — Walter Lippmann