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

E.B. White

More information about this quote

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

Authentication Score 3

Citation

White, E. B. "The Meaning of Democracy." The New Yorker, 3 July 1943.

Illustrated Quote

A quote by E.B. White about nature of democracy: “Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people…”
Download
A quote by E.B. White about nature of democracy: “Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people…”
Download
A quote by E.B. White about nature of democracy: “Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people…”
Download

Related Quotes

Below are one or more quotes that share at least one tag with the quote at the top of the page

Another quote from the 1940s

The opening up of new markets, foreign or domestic, and the organizational development from the craft shop and factory to such concerns as U.S. Steel illustrate the same process of industrial mutation...That incessantly revolutionizes the economic structure from within, incessantly destroying the old one, incessantly creating a new one. This process of Creative Destruction is the essential fact about capitalism.

Joseph Schumpeter

Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy

Buy Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy at Amazon Buy Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy at Amazon
More information about this quote
Topic
Capitalism

Author

Joseph Schumpeter
Source
Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy
Genre
Economic literature Historical literature
Language
English
Time
1942 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Schumpeter, Joseph Alois. Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy. Harper & Brothers, 1942, pt. 2, ch. 7.

Another quote about Democracy

A monarchy is a merchantman which sails well, but will sometimes strike on a rock, and go to the bottom; a republic is a raft which will never sink, but then your feet are always in the water.

Fisher Ames

More information about this quote
Topic
Monarchy Democracy Downsides of democracy Political theory
Speaker
Fisher Ames
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1795 1790s 18th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Ames, Fisher. Address in the House of Representatives. House of Representatives. 1795, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Current Citation

Ames, Fisher. Quoted in A Miracle Mirrored: The Dutch Republic in European Perspective, written by Henk van Nierop, edited by Karel Davids and Jan Lucassen. Cambridge University Press, 2011, ch. 2.

Another quote from 1944

Hell is other people.

Jean-Paul Sartre

More information about this quote
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.

Another quote of the following type Definition

Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.

Allen Saunders

More information about this quote
Topic
Being present Nature of life Life

Author

Allen Saunders
Statement Type
Definition
Language
English
Time
1957 1950s 20th century
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Saunders, Allen. Quoted in Reader's Digest. Jan. 1957.