# Monday, November 20, 2006
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Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time.

Elwyn Brooks White
(1899 - 1985)
New Yorker, July 3, 1944
[White wrote both Stuart Little, published in 1945, and Charlotte's Web, published in 1952. People with children will recognize these books. He was also the author of The Elements of Style Illustrated--professional writers will instantly recognize this title.--Joe]

Monday, November 20, 2006 12:19:50 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)
About now I'd replace "suspicion" with "delusion". :)
Monday, November 20, 2006 1:25:40 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)
I'm fond of saying that democracy is the belief that 51% of the people have the Supreme Right to do absolutely anything they want to the other 49%.
Lyle
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