Geburtsdatum | Montag, 23. September 1889 |
Geburtsort | New York City, U.S. |
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Beschreibung | Walter Lippmann (23. September 1889 - 14. Dezember 1974) war ein amerikanischer Schriftsteller, Reporter und politischer Kommentator. In seiner 60-jährigen Karriere war er einer der ersten, der das Konzept des Kalten Krieges einführte, den Begriff "Stereotyp" in seiner modernen psychologischen Bedeutung prägte und sich in seinen Zeitungskolumnen und mehreren Büchern kritisch mit den Medien und der Demokratie auseinandersetzte, vor allem in seinem 1922 erschienenen Buch "Public Opinion". |
Private property was the original source of freedom. It still is its main ballpark.
The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully.
In a free society the state does not administer the affairs of men. It administers justice among men who conduct their own affairs.
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.
There is no arguing with the pretenders to a divine knowledge and to a divine mission. They are possessed with the sin of pride, they have yielded to the perennial temptation.
Most men, after a little freedom, have preferred authority with the consoling assurances and the economy of effort it brings.
In government offices which are sensitive to the vehemence and passion of mass sentiment public men have no sure tenure. They are in effect perpetual office seekers, always on trial for their political lives, always required to court their restless constituents.
The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on.
