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The opposition is indispensable. A good statesman, like any other sensible human being, always learns more from his opposition than from his fervent supporters.

The opposition is indispensable. A good statesman, like any other sensible human being, always learns more from his opposition than from his fervent supporters.

Walter Lippmann
Learning, Glowing, Politics
Walter Lippmann, Clinton Rossiter, James Lare (1982). “The Essential Lippmann: A Political Philosophy for Liberal Democracy”, p.233, Harvard University Press

Politicians tend to live "in character" and many a public figure has come to imitate the journalism that describes him.

Walter Lippmann
Character, Politics, Journalism
Walter Lippmann, Clinton Rossiter, James Lare (1982). “The Essential Lippmann: A Political Philosophy for Liberal Democracy”, p.458, Harvard University Press

The justification of majority rule in politics is not to be found in its ethical superiority.

Walter Lippmann
Majority Rule, Politics, Ethical
Walter Lippmann (2011). “The Phantom Public”, p.48, Transaction Publishers

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