The unexamined life, said Socrates, is unfit to be lived by man. This is the virtue of liberty, and the ground on which we may justify our belief in it, that it tolerates error in order to serve truth.
Walter LippmannWe are all captives of the picture in our head - our belief that the world we have experienced is the world that really exists.
Walter LippmannThe prophecy of a world moving toward political unity is the light which guides all that is best, most vigorous, most truly alive in the work of our time.
Walter LippmannModern men are afraid of the past. It is a record of human achievement, but its other face is human defeat.
Walter LippmannA free press is not a privilege but an organic necessity in a great society. Without criticism and reliable and intelligent reporting, the government cannot govern. For there is no adequate way in which it can keep itself informed about what the people of the country are thinking and doing and wanting.
Walter Lippmann