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Tag: Walter Lippmann

(1889-1974) American writer, journalist, and political commentator

The very essence of freedom

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.

Author Greg RavenPosted on July 9, 2021Categories equality, speechTags Walter Lippmann

Our Bill of Rights

… the Bill of Rights does not come from the people and is not subject to change by majorities. It comes from the nature of things. It declares the inalienable rights of man not only against all government but also against the people collectively.

Author Greg RavenPosted on April 13, 2021April 13, 2021Categories rightsTags Walter Lippmann

Free society

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

Author Greg RavenPosted on July 10, 2017November 1, 2018Format QuoteCategories libertyTags Walter Lippmann

“Perhaps the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not yet sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favor; a long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom. But the tumult soon subsides.” — Thomas Paine

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