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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
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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

About Sydney J. Harris

Sydney J. Harris was a Journalist from United States (1917–1986).

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Sydney J. Harris lived from 1917 – 1986.
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