The search for moral guidance which shall not depend upon external authority has invariably ended in the acknowledgment of some new authority. (Walter Lippmann)

The search for moral guidance which shall not depend upon external authority has invariably ended in the acknowledgment of some new authority.

Walter Lippmann

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