Logo
Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers th

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

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Election Day
category

We have plenty of Confidence in this country, but we are a little short of good men to place our Confidence in. – Will Rogers

Category:
Election Day

People often say that, in a democracy, decisions are made by a majority of the people. Of course, that is not true. Decisions are made by a majority of those who make themselves heard and who vote – a very different thing. – Walter H. Judd

Category:
Election Day

Do you ever get the feeling that the only reason we have elections is to find out if the polls were right? – Robert Orben

Category:
Election Day

I offer my opponents a bargain: if they will stop telling lies about us, I will stop telling the truth about them. – Adlai Stevenson, campaign speech, 1952

Category:
Election Day

Random Quotes

Each Jew must either give or take tzedakah [charity] for Passover. – Sholem Aleichem (1859-1916), A Pesachdike Expropriacie, 1908

Category:
Passover

If all men are born free, how is it that all women are born slaves? – Mary Astell

Category:
Feminism

Its never been an issue for me – I dont want to go on a diet, I dont want to eat a Caesar salad with no dressing, why would I do that? I aint got time for this, just be happy and dont be stupid. If Ive got a boyfriend and he loves my body then Im not worried. – Adele

Category:
diet

I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I dont think about my work in those terms. It is just as vulgar to work for the sake of posterity as to work for the sake of money. – Orson Welles

Category:
Money