The way in which the world is imagined determines at any particular moment what men will do.

Walter Lippmann
The way in which the world is imagined determines at...
The way in which the world is imagined determines at...
The way in which the world is imagined determines at...
The way in which the world is imagined determines at...
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The way in which the world is imagined determines at any particular moment what men will do.

Source: Public Opinion

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