We are all captives of the picture in our head – our belief that the world we have experienced is the world that really exists. — Walter Lippmann
A man has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so. — Walter Lippmann
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
In a free society the state does not administer the affairs of men. It administers justice among men who conduct their own affairs. — Walter Lippmann
Men who are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives. — Walter Lippmann
It is perfectly true that that government is best which governs least. It is equally true that that government is best which provides most. — Walter Lippmann
No amount of charters, direct primaries, or short ballots will make a democracy out of an illiterate people. — Walter Lippmann
Only the consciousness of a purpose that is mightier than any man and worthy of all men can fortify and inspirit and compose the souls of men. — Walter Lippmann
It grows with our social life, and a new social condition means a radical change in conscience. — Walter Lippmann
People that are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives. — Walter Lippmann
Private property was the original source of freedom. It still is its main ballpark. — Walter Lippmann
Success makes men rigid and they tend to exalt stability over all the other virtues; — Walter Lippmann
It is the court fool, not the foolish courtier, whom the king can least afford to lose. — Walter Lippmann
The great social adventure of america is no longer the conquest of the wilderness but the absorption of fifty different peoples. — Walter Lippmann
The first principle of a civilized state is that the power is legitimate only when it is under contract. — Walter Lippmann
The opposition is indispensable. A good statesman, like any other sensible human being — Walter Lippmann
The time has come to stop beating our heads against stone walls under the illusion that we have been appointed policeman to the human race. — Walter Lippmann
There is no arguing with the pretenders to a divine knowledge and to a divine mission. — Walter Lippmann
There is nothing so good for the human soul as the discovery that there are ancient — Walter Lippmann
Unless the reformer can invent something which substitutes attractive virtues for attractive vices, he will fail. — Walter Lippmann
Once you touch the biographies of human beings, the notion that political beliefs are logically determined collapses like a pricked balloon. — Walter Lippmann