Walter Lippmann Quotes


Lovers who have nothing to do but love each other are not really to be envied; love and nothing else very soon is nothing else.


Citations

Lippmann, Walter. A Preface to Morals. Macmillan, 1929, p. 308.

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Walter Lippmann
Walter Lippmann
  • Born: September 23, 1889
  • Died: December 14, 1974
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Writer, Journalist, Political Commentator

Walter Lippmann was an American writer, reporter and political commentator. With a career spanning 60 years he is famous for being among the first to introduce the concept of Cold War, coining the term "stereotype" in the modern psychological meaning, as well as critiquing media and democracy in his newspaper column and several books, most notably his 1922 book Public Opinion.