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In government offices which are sensitive to the vehemence and passion of mass sentiment public men have no sure tenure. They are in effect perpetual office seekers, always on trial for their political lives, always required to court their restless constituents.

~Walter Lippmann

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Only the consciousness of a purpose that is mightier than any man and worthy of all men can fortify and inspirit and compose the souls of men.

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The time has come to stop beating our heads against stone walls under the illusion that we have been appointed policeman to the human race.

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When philosophers try to be politicians they generally cease to be philosophers.

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What we call a democratic society might be defined for certain purposes as one in which the majority is always prepared to put down a revolutionary minority.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Journalist

Born: September 23rd, 1889

Died: December 14th, 1974

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