Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
| NUMBER: | 1247 |
| AUTHOR: | Walter Lippmann (1889–1974) |
| QUOTATION: | For 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 read. It is the only book they read every day. |
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| SUBJECTS: | Newspapers |