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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Topic

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 believe that it must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures.

Harry Truman

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American foreign policy Cold War
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Harry Truman
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1947 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Truman, Harry S. Address about establishing the Truman Doctrine. Joint session of Congress. 12 Mar. 1947, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Another quote about Democracy

Democracy is the worst form of Government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.

Winston Churchill

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Topic
Democracy Government Politics
Speaker
Winston Churchill
Medium
Speech
Language
English
Time
1947 1940s 20th century
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Citation

Churchill, Winston. Address in the House of Commons. House of Commons meeting. 11 Nov. 1947, The Palace of Westminster, London, England, UK.

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.

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Home is the place where, when you have to go there,
They have to take you in.

Robert Frost

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Topic
Home

Author

Robert Frost
Source
The Death of the Hired Man
Medium
Poem
Statement Type
Definition
Language
English
Time
1914 1910s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Frost, Robert. "The Death of the Hired Man." North of Boston. David Nutt, 1914.

Current Citation

Frost, Robert. "The Death of the Hired Man." Robert Frost: Collected Poems, Prose, and Plays, edited by Richard Poirier and Mark Richardson. Library of America, 1995.