Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people… — Quoted

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

E. B. White · Politics

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Old age is a special problem for me because I've never been able to shed the mental image I have of myself - a lad of about 19.

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I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority.

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Everything in life is somewhere else, and you get there in a car.

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It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer.

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