#cons

In government offices which are sensitive to the vehemence and passion of mass sentiment public men have no sure tenure. They are in effect perpetual office seekers, always on trial for their political lives, always required to court their restless constituents. ↗

— Walter Lippmann

#constituents #court #effect #government #government offices

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

#condition #conscience #eternal #grows #life

Most men, after a little freedom, have preferred authority with the consoling assurances and the economy of effort it brings. ↗

— Walter Lippmann

#authority #brings #consoling #economy #effort

When distant and unfamiliar and complex things are communicated to great masses of people, the truth suffers a considerable and often a radical distortion. The complex is made over into the simple, the hypothetical into the dogmatic, and the relative into an absolute. ↗

— Walter Lippmann

#communicated #complex #considerable #distant #distortion

Broad paths are open to every endeavour, and a sympathetic recognition is assured to every one who consecrates his art to the divine services of a conviction of a consciousness. ↗

— Franz Liszt

#assured #broad #consciousness #consecrates #conviction

Take care, be kind, be considerate of other people and other species, and be loving. ↗

— John Lithgow

#care #considerate #kind #loving #other

I consider myself a very lucky actor that, approaching 60, I'm still employed and employable. ↗

— John Lithgow

#approaching #consider #employed #i #lucky

Conservatives forget that citizenship is more than a thing to withhold from immigrants. Progressives forget it's more than a set of rights. ↗

— Eric Liu

#conservatives #forget #immigrants #more #progressives

True fans of the Constitution, like true fans of the national pastime, acknowledge the critical role of human judgment in making tough calls. We don't expect flawless interpretation. We expect good faith. We demand honesty. ↗

— Eric Liu

#calls #constitution #critical #critical role #demand

Why should citizenship be a matter of birth? The premise held by those who want to end birthright citizenship is that some people deserve it and some do not - that the status shouldn't be handed out automatically. Frankly, that's a premise worth considering. ↗

— Eric Liu

#birth #birthright #citizenship #considering #deserve