Phantom Public
Walter Lippmann
“The Voice of the People has been said to be the voice of God: and however generally this maxim has been quoted and believed, it is not true in fact.”—by Alexander Hamilton, June 18, 1787, at the Federal Convention (3 hr 17 min)
Chapters
| The Disenchanted Man | 9:13 |
| The Unattainable Ideal | 18:48 |
| Agents and Bystanders | 13:59 |
| What the Public Does | 9:13 |
| The Neutralization of Arbitrary Force | 12:44 |
| The Question Aristotle Asked | 4:14 |
| The Nature of a Problem | 14:06 |
| Social Contracts | 14:44 |
| The Two Questions Before the Public | 3:29 |
| The Main Value of Public Debate | 6:06 |
| The Defective Rule | 12:07 |
| The Criteria of Reform | 19:24 |
| The Principles of Public Opinion | 9:26 |
| Society in Its Place | 19:34 |
| Absentee Rulers | 14:50 |
| The Realms of Disorder | 15:31 |