Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time. E. B. White Next Quote I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority. - E. B. White Previous Quote The time not to become a father is eighteen years before a war. - E. B. White