The opposition is indispensable. A good statesman, like any other sens…

Walter Lippmann
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The opposition is indispensable. A good statesman, like any other sensible human being, always learns more from his opposition than from his fervent supporters. ✨ 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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It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf. ✨ Walter Lippmann (1960). A Preface To Morals, p.324, Transaction Publishers
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, Clinton Rossiter, James Lare (1982). The Essen … ▶
There can be no liberty for a community which lacks the means by which to detect lies.
The thinker dies, but his thoughts are beyond the reach of destruction. Men are mortal; but ideas are immortal. ✨ Walter Lippmann (1960). A Preface To Morals, p.43, Transaction Publishers
Politicians tend to live in character and many a public figure has come to imitate the journalism that describes him. ✨ Walter Lippmann, Clinton Rossiter, James Lare (1982). The Essential Lippmann: A … ▶

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