Walter Lippmann Public Opinion Quotations

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.

Newspapers necessarilyand inevitably reflect, and therefore, in greater or lesser measure, intensify, the defective organization of public opinion.

Democracy is much too important to be left to public opinion.

The common interests very largely elude public opinion entirely, and can be managed only by a specialised class.