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In a free society the state does not administer the affairs of men. It administers justice among men who conduct their own affairs.

In a free society the state does not administer the affairs of men. It administers justice among men who conduct their own affairs.

Walter Lippmann
Men, Justice, Liberty
Walter Lippmann (1938). “The good society”, p.267, Transaction Publishers

Private property was the original source of freedom. It still is its main bulwark.

Walter Lippmann
Freedom, Liberty, Libertarian
Walter Lippmann (1934). “The method of freedom”

For in the absence of debate unrestricted utterance leads to the degradation of opinion. By a kind of Greshams law the more rational is overcome by the less rational, and the opinions that will prevail will be those which are held most ardently by those with the most passionate will. For that reason the freedom to speak can never be maintained merely by objecting to interference with the liberty of the press, of printing, of broadcasting, of the screen. It can be maintained only by promoting debate.

Walter Lippmann
Law, Liberty, Overcoming
Walter Lippmann, Clinton Rossiter, James Lare (1982). “The Essential Lippmann: A Political Philosophy for Liberal Democracy”, p.196, Harvard University Press

And the principle which distinguishes democracy from all other forms of government is that in a democracy the opposition not only is tolerated as constitutional but must be maintained because it is in fact indispensable.

Walter Lippmann
Government, Democracy, Liberty
"The Essential Lippmann: A Political Philosophy for Liberal Democracy".

Whereas each man claims his freedom as a matter of right, the freedom he accords to other men is a matter of toleration.

Walter Lippmann
Men, Tolerance, Liberty

A useful definition of liberty is obtained only by seeking the principle of liberty in the main business of human life, that is to say, in the process by which men educate their responses and learn to control their environment.

Walter Lippmann
Freedom, Men, Liberty
Walter Lippmann (1995). “Liberty and the News”, p.61, Transaction Publishers

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