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{{Tobaccowiki}}'''Walter Lippmann, ''' the son of second-generation German-Jewish parents, was born in New York City on 23rd September, 1889. While studying at Harvard University he became a socialist and was co-founder of the Harvard Socialist Club and edited the Harvard Monthly.
In 1911 Lincoln Steffens, the campaigning journalist, took Lippmann on as his secretary. Like Steffens, Lippmann supported Theodore Roosevelt and the Progressive Party in the 1912 presidential elections. Lippman's book, A Preface to Politics (1913) was well-received and the following year he joined Herbert Croly in establishing the political weekly, the New Republic.
Lippmann became editor of the New York World in 1929, but after it closed in 1931, he moved to the New York Herald Tribune. For the next 30 years Lippmann wrote the nationally syndicated column, Today and Tomorrow. Walter Lippmann died on 14th December, 1974.
==Tobacco==
Quotes from Walter Lippmann for some reason were used numerous times in various pieces of literature dealing with the tobacco industry. For example, P.C. Carter of [[R.J. Reynolds]] quoted Lippmann in a "template" op-ed article opposing a proposed smoking ban in Austin, Texas, citing the quote "Whereas each man claims his freedom as a matter of right, the freedom he accords to other men is a matter of toleration." The article appears to have been drafted for the signature of a third party.[http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/lhj61c00]
==Key quotes==
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