Creative Quotations from . . .
Walter Lippmann
(1889-1974) born on Sep 23
US "journalist, editor, author". "He won Pulitzers 1958, 1962, for his syndicated column, "Today and Tomorrow.""
 
   
F
We forge gradually our greatest instrument for understanding the world --introspection. We discover that humanity may resemble us very considerably --that the best way of knowing the inwardness of our neighbors.

R
When philosophers try to be politicians they generally cease to be philosophers.
A
"Unless the reformer can invent something which substitutes attractive virtues for attractive vices, he will fail."
N
"When men can no longer be theists, they must, if they are civilized, become humanists."
K
The simple opposition between the people and big business has disappeared because the people themselves have become so deeply involved in big business.
 
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Published Sources for the above Quotations:
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R: "A Preface to Politics, ch. 3 (1914)."
A: "A Preface to Politics, ch. 2 (1913)."
N: "A Preface to Morals, pt. 1, ch. 7, sct. 7 (1929)."
K: "Speech, 25 March 1931, to the Academy of Political Science. Quoted in: Ronald Steel, Walter Lippmann and the American Century (1980)."
   



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