Quote by E.B. (Elwyn Brooks) White

The total collapse of the public opinion polls shows that this country is in good health. A country that developed an airtight system of finding out in advance what was in people's minds would be uninhabitable.

The total collapse of the public opinion polls shows that th

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This quote suggests that the total collapse of public opinion polls is actually a positive sign, indicating that the country is in good health. It implies that in a country where an airtight system exists to predict people's thoughts in advance, it would be an unbearable and undesirable place to live. The quote implies that part of a healthy society involves allowing people to have unmeasured and unpredictable thoughts, opinions, and expressions, rather than attempting to control or predict them.

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By E.B. (Elwyn Brooks) White

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