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“Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be.”

Sydney J. Harris · Government

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Sydney J. Harris

When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard, ' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?'

Life

Sydney J. Harris

The two words 'information' and 'communication' are often used interchangeably, but they signify quite different things. Information is giving out communication is getting through.

Communication

Sydney J. Harris

If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size?

Anger

Sydney J. Harris

Middle Age is that perplexing time of life when we hear two voices calling us, one saying, 'Why not?' and the other, 'Why bother?'

Age