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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I swear to the Lord
I still can't see
Why Democracy means
Everybody but me.

Langston Hughes

The Black Man Speaks

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Jim Crow Black experience

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Langston Hughes
Source
The Black Man Speaks
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1943 1940s 20th century
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Citation

Hughes, Langston. "The Black Man Speaks." Jim Crow’s Last Stand. Negro Publications Society of America, 1943, I. 1.

Another quote about Democracy

What we may be witnessing is not just the end of the Cold War but the end of history as such: that is, the end point of man's ideological evolution and the universalism of Western liberal democracy.

Francis Fukuyama

The End of History?

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Cold War End of history Democracy International politics
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Francis Fukuyama
Source
The End of History?
Medium
Essay
Genre
Political literature
Statement Type
Bad predictions Prophecies and predictions
Language
English
Time
1989 1980s 20th century
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Citation

Fukuyama, Francis. "The End of History?" National Interest, summer 1989.

Another quote from 1944

History is written by the winners.

George Orwell

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Topic
History

Author

George Orwell
Source
As I Please Tribune
Medium
Article Newspaper
Language
English
Time
1944 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Orwell, George. "As I Please." Tribune, 4 Feb. 1944.

Current Citation

Orwell, George. "As I Please." The Collected Essays, Journalism And Letters Of George Orwell, vol. 3: As I Please 1943-1945, edited by Sonia Orwell and Ian Angus. David R. Godine, 2004, no 18.

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Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.

Allen Saunders

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Being present Nature of life Life

Author

Allen Saunders
Statement Type
Definition
Language
English
Time
1957 1950s 20th century
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Citation

Saunders, Allen. Quoted in Reader's Digest. Jan. 1957.