The newspaper is in all literalness the bible of democracy, the book out of which a people determines its conduct. It is the only serious book most people most people read. It is the only book they read every day.

Walter Lippmann

What Modern Liberty Means

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Topic

Newspapers

Author

Walter Lippmann

Source

What Modern Liberty Means The Atlantic

Medium

Essay Magazine

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1920 1920s 20th century

Occupation

Journalist Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Lippmann, Walter. "What Modern Liberty Means." Liberty and the News. Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1920. Originally published in the Atlantic Monthly, Nov. 1919.

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