Most men, after a little freedom, have preferred authority with the co…

Walter Lippmann
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Most men, after a little freedom, have preferred authority with the consoling assurances and the economy of effort it brings. ✨ Walter Lippmann (1960). A Preface To Morals, p.14, Transaction Publishers
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