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01Undated

If you want to understand democracy spend less time in the library with Plato and more time in the buses with people.

Simeon Strunsky / quote

02Undated

Famous remarks are very seldom quoted correctly.

Simeon Strunsky / quote

03Undated

Once a man would spend a week patiently waiting if he missed a stage coach but now he rages if he misses the first section of a revolving door.

Simeon Strunsky / quote

04Undated

People who want to understand democracy should spend less time in the library with Aristotle and more time on the buses and in the subway.

Simeon Strunsky / quote