The principle of majority rule is the mildest form in which the force of numbers can be exercised. It is a pacific substitute for civil war in which the opposing armies are counted and the victory is awarded to the larger before any blood is shed. Except in the sacred tests of democracy and in the incantations of the orators, we hardly take the trouble to pretend that the rule of the majority is not at bottom a rule of force.
Walter LippmannWe know that it is possible to harness desire to many interests, that evil is one form of a desire, and not the nature of it.
Walter LippmannMen fall into a routine when they are tired and slack: it has all the appearance of activity with few of its burdens.
Walter Lippmann