The subtlest and most pervasive of all influences are those which create and maintain… — Walter Lippmann

The subtlest and most pervasive of all influences are those which create and maintain the repertory of stereotypes. We are told about the world before we see it. We imagine most things before we experience them.

Public Opinion · 1922
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Lippmann, Walter. Public Opinion. Dover Publications, 2004, pt. 3, ch. 6.
Original citation
Lippmann, Walter. Public Opinion. Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1922, pt. 3, ch. 6.