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A properly liberal state is one in which individual rights are paramount; it protects the individual not only against the abuses of a tyrant but also against the abuses of democratic majorities. Think of liberal democracy as democracy with moral and legal buffers.
Zac Gershberg • The Paradox of Democracy
They’d been covering the radicals and the hippies so much that now his viewers couldn’t see past them. The gray areas had ceased to exist. And old Cronkite had two thoughts about this. First, anyone who thinks television can bring the nation together to have a real dialogue and begin to understand one another with empathy and compassion is
... See moreNathan Hill • The Nix
At home, Wilson’s racial policies disgraced the office he held.
James W. Loewen • Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
Le régime parlementaire représente d'ailleurs l’idéal de tous les peuples civilisés modernes. Il traduit cette idée, psychologiquement erronée mais généralement admise, que beaucoup d'hommes réunis sont bien plus capables qu'un petit nombre de prendre une décision sage et indépendante sur un sujet donné.
Gustave Le Bon • Psychologie des Foules
What I’m saying is that if you look at the sources reporters select, they are not sources that are expert, they are sources that represent vested interests: that’s propaganda.
Peter Mitchell • Understanding Power: The Indispensible Chomsky
I wrote a whole article on this and how fundamental it is for those institutions that convene spaces... See more
Management as a locust plague
on major issues there is a very noticeable split between elite and popular opinion, and the media consistently reflect elite opinion. So for example, on things like, say, dismantling welfare state programs, or on a nuclear weapons freeze, or on U.S. policies in Central America in the 1980s, or on the nature of the Vietnam War, the views expressed
... See morePeter Mitchell • Understanding Power: The Indispensible Chomsky
If Foreign Relations was going to be the main point of the Republican attack, Lyndon Johnson said, Democratic defenses on that committee should be especially strong, but they were, in fact, weak. They should be shored up by senators with the expertise in foreign affairs, and the force, to stand up to Taft. He had two senators in mind who fit that
... See moreRobert A. Caro • Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson III
Two of Lippmann’s ideas were particularly significant as Bernays crafted the job of the “public relations counsel.” The first of these was Lippmann’s argument that people’s view of reality was guided by the “pictures in their heads.” Living within the cocoons of their personal lives, and with minimal direct access to the outer world, most people’s
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