A long life in journalism convinced me many presidents ago that there should be a large air space between a journalist and the head of a state.
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When men can no longer be theists, they must, if they are civilized, become humanists.Walter Lippmann
Whether we wish it our not we are involved in the world's problems, and all the winds of heaven blow through our land.
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The private citizen, beset by partisan appeals for the loan of his Public Opinion, will soon see, perhaps, that these appeals are not a compliment to his intelligence, but an imposition on his good nature and an insult to his sense of evidence.
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Corrupt, stupid grasping functionaries will make at least as big a muddle of socialism as stupid, selfish and acquisitive employers can make of capitalism.
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The ordinary politician has a very low estimate of human nature. In his daily life he comes into contact chiefly with persons who want to get something or to avoid something.
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It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.
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