Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time.

E.B. White

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Nature of democracy Democracy

Author

E.B. White

Source

The New Yorker

Medium

Magazine

Statement Type

Definition

Language

English

Time

1944 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Children's book author Writer

From

United States

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Citation

White, E. B. "The Meaning of Democracy." The New Yorker, 3 July 1943.

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This much I think I do know—that a society so riven that the spirit of moderation is gone, no court can save; that a society where the spirit flourishes, no court need save; that in a society which evades its responsibility by thrusting upon the courts the nurture of that spirit, that spirit in the end will perish.

Learned Hand

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Topic
Law and culture Politics is downstream of culture
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Learned Hand
Language
English
Time
1942 1940s 20th century
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Citation

Hand, Learned. "The Contribution of an Independent Judiciary to Civilization." 250th Anniversary of the Founding of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. 21 Nov. 1942, Boston, MA, USA.

Another quote about Democracy

In a racially divided society majority rule is not a reliable instrument of democracy.

Lani Guinier

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Topic
Democratic theory Democracy

Author

Lani Guinier
Language
English
Time
1992 1990s 20th century
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Citation

Guinier, Lani. "Second Proms and Second Primaries." Boston Review, 1 Sept. 1992.

Another quote from 1944

Hell is other people.

Jean-Paul Sartre

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Topic
Hell Misanthropy
Speaker
Garcin

Author

Jean-Paul Sartre
Source
No Exit
Medium
Play
Language
French
Time
1944 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Sartre, Jean Paul. Huis-clos [No Exit]. May 1944, Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier, Paris, France, act 1, sc. 5.

Current Citation

Sarte, Jean Paul. "No Exit." No Exit and Three Other Plays. Vintage, 1989, act 1, sc. 5.

Another quote of the following type Definition

Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.

Philip K. Dick

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Topic
Nature of reality
Speaker
Philip K. Dick
Medium
Speech
Statement Type
Definition
Language
English
Time
1978 1970s 20th century
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Citation

Dick, Phillip. "How to Build a Universe That Doesn't Fall Apart Two Days Later." 1978, Disneyland, Anaheim, CA, USA. Speech.