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

Quote by Sydney J Harris

Topics: Government Quotes

There's no point in burying a hatchet if you're going to put up a marker...

There's no point in burying a hatchet if you're going to put up a marker...

Enemies, as well as lovers, come to resemble each other over a period of time.

Enemies, as well as lovers, come to resemble each other over a period of time.

Nobody can be so amusingly arrogant as a young man who has just discovered an...

Nobody can be so amusingly arrogant as a young man who has just discovered an...

The art of living consists in knowing which impulses to obey and which must be...

The art of living consists in knowing which impulses to obey and which must be...

The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.

The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.

Nothing is as easy to make as a promise this winter to do something next...

Nothing is as easy to make as a promise this winter to do something next...

Our dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time; what...

Our dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time; what...

When you run into someone who is disagreeable to others, you may be sure he...

When you run into someone who is disagreeable to others, you may be sure he...

The beauty of spacing children many years apart lies in the fact that parents have...

The beauty of spacing children many years apart lies in the fact that parents have...

The most important thing in an argument, next to being right, is to leave an...

The most important thing in an argument, next to being right, is to leave an...

Ignorance per se is not nearly as dangerous as ignorance of ignorance.

Ignorance per se is not nearly as dangerous as ignorance of ignorance.

An idealist believes the short run doesn't count. A cynic believes the long run doesn't...

An idealist believes the short run doesn't count. A cynic believes the long run doesn't...

Knowledge fills a large brain; it merely inflates a small one.

Knowledge fills a large brain; it merely inflates a small one.

The primary purpose of a liberal education is to make one's mind a pleasant place...

The primary purpose of a liberal education is to make one's mind a pleasant place...

People who think they're generous to a fault usually think that's their only fault.

People who think they're generous to a fault usually think that's their only fault.

Ninety percent of the world's woe comes from people not knowing themselves, their abilities, their...

Ninety percent of the world's woe comes from people not knowing themselves, their abilities, their...

When we have 'second thoughts' about something, our first thoughts don't seem like thoughts at...

When we have 'second thoughts' about something, our first thoughts don't seem like thoughts at...

The most important thing in an argument, next to being right, is to leave an...

The most important thing in an argument, next to being right, is to leave an...

The greatest enemy of progress is not stagnation, but false progress.

The greatest enemy of progress is not stagnation, but false progress.

Ninety per cent of the world's woe comes from people not knowing themselves, their abilities,...

Ninety per cent of the world's woe comes from people not knowing themselves, their abilities,...