In a free society the state does not administer the affairs of men. It administers justice among men who conduct their own affairs.
Walter Lippmann
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More quotes by Walter Lippmann
- 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.
- The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on.
- Most men, after a little freedom, have preferred authority with the consoling assurances and the economy of effort it brings.
- Private property was the original source of freedom. It still is its main ballpark.
- It is perfectly true that that government is best which governs least. It is equally true that that government is best which provides most.