The people who really matter in social affairs are neither those who wish to stop short like a mule, or leap from crag to crag like a mountain goat. (Walter Lippmann)

The people who really matter in social affairs are neither those who wish to stop short like a mule, or leap from crag to crag like a mountain goat.

Walter Lippmann

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