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A democracy which fails to concentrate authority in an emergency inevitably falls into such confusion that the ground is prepared for the rise of a dictator.

Walter Lippmann

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Walter Lippmann
Age: 85 †
Born: 1889
Born: September 23
Died: 1974
Died: December 14
Journalist
Politician
Writer
New York City
New York
Democracy
Inevitably
Fall
Falls
Confusion
Rise
Emergency
Ground
Emergencies
Prepared
Concentrate
Authority
Dictator
Failing
Fails

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