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 Read Quote
Private property was the original source of freedom. It still is its main ballpark. Walter Lippmann Read Quote
The first principle of a civilized state is that the power is legitimate only when it is under contract. Walter Lippmann Read Quote
Success makes men rigid and they tend to exalt stability over all the other virtues; tired of the effort of willing they become fanatics about conservatism. Walter Lippmann Read Quote
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 Read Quote
We are all captives of the picture in our head – our belief that the world we have experienced is the world that really exists. Walter Lippmann Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Social movements are at once the symptoms and the instruments of progress. Ignore them and statesmanship is irrelevant; fail to use them and it is weak. Walter Lippmann Read Quote
We are quite rich enough to defend ourselves, whatever the cost. We must now learn that we are quite rich enough to educate ourselves as we need to be educated. Walter Lippmann Read Quote
