In making the great experiment of governing people by consent rather t…

Walter Lippmann
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In making the great experiment of governing people by consent rather than by coercion, it is not sufficient that the party in power should have a majority. It is just as necessary that the party in power should never outrage the minority. ✨ Walter Lippmann, Clinton Rossiter, James Lare (1982). The Essential Lippmann: A Political Philosophy for Liberal Democracy, p.233, Harvard University Press
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