Walter Lippmann Quotes and Quotations
While the right to talk may be the beginning of freedom, the necessity of listening is what makes the right important. In a democracy, the opposition is not only tolerated as constitutional, but must be maintained because it is indispensable. A man has honour if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable or dangerous to do so. The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind in other men the conviction and the will to carry on. The first principle of a civilized state is that the power is legitimate only when it is under contract. Many a time I have wanted to stop talking and find out what I really believed.
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