The American's conviction that he must be able to look any man in the eye and tell him … - Walter Lippmann

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I had this talent for these stupid little teenage songs. I just couldn't get anyone to sing my songs, so I had to sing my own tunes.

Walter Lippmann

The American's conviction that he must be able to look any man in the eye and tell him to go to hell is the very essence of the free man's way of life.

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What the public does is not to express its opinions but to align itself for or against a proposal. If that theory is accepted, we must abandon the notion that democratic government can be the direct expression of the will of the people. We must abandon the notion that the people govern. Instead, we must adopt the theory that, by their occasional mobilisations as a majority, people support or oppose the individuals who actually govern. We must say that the popular will does not direct continuously but that it intervenes occasionally.

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There can be no liberty for a community which lacks the means by which to detect lies.

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It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.

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He has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.

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