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Quote from Walter Lippmann,


"The public must be put in its place,
so that it may exercise its own powers,
but no less and perhaps even more,
so that each of us may live free
of the trampling and the roar
of a bewildered herd."


By:

Walter Lippmann (more quotes by Walter Lippmann or books by/about Walter Lippmann)


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

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Corruption, Democracy, Justice, Oppression, Power, Tyranny

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