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

Quote by E B White

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The siren south is well enough, but New York, at the beginning of March, is...

The siren south is well enough, but New York, at the beginning of March, is...

We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it...

We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it...

The world organization debates disarmament in one room and, in the next room, moves the...

The world organization debates disarmament in one room and, in the next room, moves the...

A writer is like a bean plant - he has his little day, and then...

A writer is like a bean plant - he has his little day, and then...

An intelligence service is, in fact, a stupidity service.

An intelligence service is, in fact, a stupidity service.

Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one.

Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one.

The only sense that is common in the long run, is the sense of change...

The only sense that is common in the long run, is the sense of change...

Television should be our Lyceum, our Chautauqua, our Minsky's and our Camelot.

Television should be our Lyceum, our Chautauqua, our Minsky's and our Camelot.

There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.

There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.

Old age is a special problem for me because I've never been able to shed...

Old age is a special problem for me because I've never been able to shed...

Old age is a special problem for me because I've never been able to shed...

Old age is a special problem for me because I've never been able to shed...

When I was a child people simply looked about them and were moderately happy; today...

When I was a child people simply looked about them and were moderately happy; today...

Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the...

Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the...

Commas in The New Yorker fall with the precision of knives in a circus act,...

Commas in The New Yorker fall with the precision of knives in a circus act,...

Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than a whole one

Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than a whole one

An intelligence service is, in fact, a stupidity service

An intelligence service is, in fact, a stupidity service

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

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

Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.

Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.

Better an ounce of luck than a pound of gold.

Better an ounce of luck than a pound of gold.

I think most of the people involved in any art always secretly wonder whether they...

I think most of the people involved in any art always secretly wonder whether they...