The justification of majority rule in politics is not to be found in its ethical superiority.
Walter LippmannThe invisible government [bosses] is malign. But the evil doesn't come from the fact that it plays horse with the Newtonian theory of the constitution. What is dangerous about it is that we do not see it, cannot use it, and are compelled to submit to it.
Walter LippmannWe must protect the right of our opponents to speak because we must hear what they have to say.
Walter Lippmann