We are told about the world before we see it. We imagine most things b…

Walter Lippmann
112 citations
We are told about the world before we see it. We imagine most things before we experience them. And those preconceptions, unless education has made us acutely aware, govern deeply the whole process of perception. ✨ Walter Lippmann (2012). Public Opinion, p.49, Courier Corporation
Life
16

More Author Quotes

What we call a democratic society might be defined for certain purposes as one in which the majority is always prepared to put down a revolutionary minority. ✨ Walter Lippmann (2003). Men of Destiny … ▶
The best servants of the people, like the best valets, must whisper unpleasant truths in the master's ear. It is the court fool, not the foolish courtier, whom the king can least afford to lose. ✨ Wa … ▶
It is so much easier to talk of poverty than to think of the poor. ✨ Walter Lippmann (1914). A Preface to Politics
Many a time I have wanted to stop talking and find out what I really believed. ✨ Walter Lippmann (1938). The good society, p.44, Transaction Publishers
Corrupt, stupid grasping functionaries will make at least as big a muddle of socialism as stupid, selfish and acquisitive employers can make of capitalism. ✨ Walter Lippmann (1960). A Preface to Mora … ▶

We are told about the world before we see it. We imagine most things before we experience them. And those preconceptions, unless education has made us acutely aware, govern deeply the whole process of perception. ✨ Walter Lippmann (2012). Public Opinion, p.49, Courier Corporation

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes