What the public does is not to express its opinions but to align itself for or against a proposal. If that theory is accepted, we must abandon the notion that democratic government can be the direct expression of the will of the people. We must abandon the notion that the people govern. Instead, we must adopt the theory that, by their occasional mobilizations as a majority, people support or oppose the individuals who actually govern. We must say that the popular will does not direct continuously but that it intervenes occasionally.
Walter LippmannFootball strategy does not originate in a scrimmage: it is useless to expect solutions in a political campaign.
Walter LippmannA man cannot be a good doctor and keep telephoning his broker between patients nor a good lawyer with his eye on the ticker.
Walter LippmannWhen men can no longer be theists, they must, if they are civilized, become humanists.
Walter Lippmann