The unions are the first feeble effort to conquer the industrial jungle for democratic life. They may not succeed, but if they don't their failure will be a tragedy for civilization, a loss of cooperative effort, a baulking of energy, and the fixing in American life of a class-structure.


The Essential Lippmann: A Political Philosophy for Liberal Democracy (ed. Harvard University Press, 1982) - ISBN: 9780674267756

Walter Lippmann Quotes

The unions are the first feeble effort to conquer the industrial jungle for democratic life. They may not succeed, but if they don't their failure...

The unions are the first feeble effort to conquer the industrial jungle for democratic life. They may not succeed, but if they don't their failure...

The unions are the first feeble effort to conquer the industrial jungle for democratic life. They may not succeed, but if they don't their failure...

The unions are the first feeble effort to conquer the industrial jungle for democratic life. They may not succeed, but if they don't their failure...