"Our conscience is not the vessel of eternal verities. It grows with our social life, and a new social condition means a radical change in conscience."
― Walter Lippmann
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Change
More From Walter Lippmann
- "In a free society the state does not administer the affairs of men. It administers justice among men who conduct their own affairs."
- "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."
- "It is perfectly true that that government is best which governs least. It is equally true that that government is best which provides most."
More In Change
- "Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure. But unfortunately, although it is true, it is difficult for us to accept it. Because we cannot accept the truth of transience, we suffer."― Sholom Aleichem
- "Exploiting people’s emotions of fear, envy and anxiety is not hope, it’s not change, it’s partisanship. We don’t need partisanship. We don’t need demagoguery, we need solutions."― Paul Ryan
- "If we go on the way we have, the fault is our greed and if we are not willing to change, we will disappear from the face of the globe, to be replaced by the insect."― Jacques Yves Cousteau