Walter Lippmann Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Walter Lippmann quotes, Walter Lippmann sayings, and Walter Lippmann proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

Where all men think alike, no one thinks very much. Walter Lippmann
He has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so. Walter Lippmann
There can be no liberty for a community which lacks the means by which to detect lies. Walter Lippmann
There can be no higher law in journalism than to tell the truth and to shame the devil. Walter Lippmann
Behind innocence there gathers a clotted mass of superstition, of twisted and misdirected impulse; clandestine flirtation, fads, and ragtime fill the unventilated mind. Walter Lippmann
The news and the truth are not the same thing. Walter Lippmann
The radical novelty of modern science lies precisely in the rejection of the belief that the forces which move the stars and atoms are contingent upon the preferences of the human heart. Walter Lippmann
Nothing is easier than to simplify life and them make a philosophy about it. The trouble is that the resulting philosophy is true only of that simplified life. Walter Lippmann
Men can know more than their ancestors did if they start with a knowledge of what their ancestors had already learned.That is why a society can be progressive only if it conserves its traditions. Walter Lippmann
The prophecy of a world moving toward political unity is the light which guides all that is best, most vigorous, most truly alive in the work of our time. Walter Lippmann
Ages when custom is unsettled are necessarily ages of prophecy. The moralist cannot teach what is revealed; he must reveal what can be taught. He has to seek insight rather than to preach. Walter Lippmann
You cannot endow even the best machine with initiative; the jolliest steam-roller will not plant flowers. Walter Lippmann
Men fall into a routine when they are tired and slack: it has all the appearance of activity with few of its burdens. Walter Lippmann
The devil is merely a fallen angel, and when God lost Satan he lost one of his best lieutenants. Walter Lippmann
The tendency of the casual mind is to pick out or stumble upon a sample which supports or defies its prejudices, and then to make it the representative of a whole class. Walter Lippmann
The Bill of Rights does not come from the people and is not subject to change by majorities. It comes from the nature of things. It declares the inalienable rights of man not only against all government but also against the people collectively. Walter Lippmann
Where all men think alike, no man thinks very much. Walter Lippmann
The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other menOxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations the conviction and the will to carry on. Walter Lippmann
The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully. Walter Lippmann
But what is propaganda, if not the effort to alter the picture to which men respond, to substitute one social pattern for another? Walter Lippmann