It does not take a majority to prevail ... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.
Samuel Adams
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SAMUEL ADAMS A ruler makes use of the majority and neglects the minority, and so he does not devote himself to vi...
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HENRY DAVID THOREAU History does not remember the forgettable. It honors the unique minority the majority cannot forget.
SUZY KASSEM The restriction of religion to private life therefore does not necessarily threaten the vital intere...
PHILLIP E. JOHNSON I would rather be in minority and be right, than in the majority and wrong.
JODI PICOULT The enemies of freedom will not prevail.
BILL FRIST In politics, an organized minority is a political majority.
JESSE JACKSON A minority is powerless while it conforms to the majority; it is not even a minority then; but it is...
HENRY DAVID THOREAU In the lower classes the school master does not work for the parent, but against the parent. Modern ...
G.K. CHESTERTON A dissenting minority feels free only when it can impose its will on the majority: what it abominate...
ERIC HOFFER This means that if 54.5 percent of voters in Montenegro want independence, then we remain in union w...
MILO DJUKANOVIC When freedom does not have a purpose, when it does not wish to know anything about the rule of law e...
POPE JOHN PAUL II 35. God is entitled to a portion of our income—not because He needs it but because we need to give...
JAMES C. DOBSON Quite naturally, the men who led in stirring up the revolt against Great Britain and in keeping the ...
CHARLES A. BEARD In making the great experiment of governing people by consent rather than by coercion, it is not suf...
WALTER LIPPMANN Certainly (not meeting the deadline) is in the back of our minds. But we?re rather trying to focus o...
JACK SAVAGE These are not true fans because they bring this club down . . . you have to be ashamed of them, ... ...
MARTIN BAIN Truth always rests with the minority, and the minority is always stronger than the majority, because...
SøREN KIERKEGAARD Truth always rests with the minority, and the minority is always stronger than the majority, because...
SOREN KIERKEGAARD It is my principle that the will of the majority should always prevail.
THOMAS JEFFERSON What the Church needs to-day is not more machinery or better, not new organizations or more and nove...
E.M. BOUNDS All voting is a sort of gaming, like checkers or back gammon, with a slight moral tinge to it, a pla...
HENRY DAVID THOREAU It is an article of faith in my creed to pick the man who does not take himself seriously, but does ...
MICHAEL C. CAHILL A minority is powerless while it conforms to the majority.
HENRY DAVID THOREAU The existence of a majority logically implies a corresponding minority.
PHILIP K. DICK It is bad to be oppressed by a minority, but it is worse to be oppressed by a majority. For there is...
LORD (JOHN EMERICH EDWARD DALBERG) ACTON It is bad to be oppressed by a minority, but it is worse to be oppressed by a majority. For there is...
LORD ACTON To reduce this claim of slavery to an absurdity, it is only necessary to add that there are only two...
WILLIAM H. SEWARD Because Freedom is the most important thing on life, let me Be.
JOHN STEINBECK People's abuse through journalism should not be taken us freedom of press.
OSCAR AULIQ-ICE In Republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the ...
JAMES MADISON In Republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the ...
JAMES MADISON Islam does not believe in democracy, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, or freedom of assembly...
PAULINE HANSON Communism feeds on aggression, hatred, and the imprisonment of men's minds and souls. This shall...
EMANUEL CELLER There is only one true aristocracy . . . and that is the aristocracy of passionate souls!
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS The unity of the country, the forward progress of the country would be lost. There are elements of e...
SIR JEREMY GREENSTOCK You can't create a majority with this election. You can increase the regular minority vote on the co...
JAMES SIMMONS You can't pick and choose which types of freedom you want to defend. You must defend all of it or be...
SCOTT HOWARD PHILLIPS The rating on its face is inexplicable in that a substantial majority of the committee found him 'we...
VIET DINH Women do not take longer to orgasm than men. The majority of the women in Kinsey's study masturbated...
SHERE HITE Women do not take longer to orgasm than men, ... The majority of the women in Kinsey's study masturb...
SHERE HITE How a minority, reaching majority, seizing authority, hates a minority!
LEONARD H. ROBBINS Flip-flopping is kind of an easy thing to identify. During a recent convention, we heard an irate Se...
FRANK LAUTENBERG Believers in liberal freedom should worry not whether their regime can prevail in competition with a...
MICHAEL IGNATIEFF Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights ...
AYN RAND In East, South and Central Africa, the minority manipulated the majority into believing the minority...
PETER ABRAHAMS Most men today cannot conceive of a freedom that does not involve somebody's slavery.
W. E. B. DU BOIS I also believe that academic freedom should protect the right of a professor or student to advocate ...
RICHARD M. NIXON The minority yields to the majority!
DENG XIAOPING متهمون نحن بالإرهاب
أذا كتبنا عن بقايا وطن ...
مخلع...
نزار قباني Freedom is not a gift nor does it simply exist for us to have, but rather it is a sacred duty, and i...
BRYANT H. MCGILL I'm very keen on having true freedom of expression. True freedom of faith. And free practice of ...
MOHAMMED MORSI This is not a proposal but an ultimatum that smacks of arrogance of the minority in parliament.
MORSHED KHAN South Africa is the only country where an overwhelming majority in complete political control is app...
CHRISTINA ENGELA ...it is always from a minority acting in ways different from what the majority would prescribe that...
F.A. HAYEK The press is not only free, it is powerful. That power is ours. It is the proudest that man can enjo...
BENJAMIN DISRAELI Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.
THOMAS JEFFERSON There are more references in the Koran than
the Bible to Mary, the mother of Jesus.
-Julia W-.
JULIA W Let it be impressed upon your minds, let it be instilled into your children, that the liberty of the...
JUNIUS The liberty of the press is a blessing when we are inclined to write against others, and a calamity ...
SAMUEL JOHNSON The free press is the mother of all our liberties and of our progress under liberty.
ADLAI E. STEVENSON Setting people to spy on one another is not the way to protect freedom.
TOMMY DOUGLAS In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upo...
EDMUND BURKE In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upo...
EDMUND BURKE All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all ca...
THOMAS JEFFERSON All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all ca...
THOMAS JEFFERSON The minority of a country is never known to agree, except in its efforts to reduce and oppress the m...
JAMES FENIMORE COOPER Chess only appeals to quite a small minority. It does not have the cachet of a mainstream popular sp...
MAGNUS CARLSEN The human race is divided into two sharply differentiated and mutually antagonistic classes, almost ...
H.L. MENCKEN Well, my personal mission statement is that we want marriage equality in all 50 states. We want it n...
JESSE TYLER FERGUSON It is proof of a base and low mind for one to wish to think with the masses or majority, merely beca...
GIORDANO BRUNO It is proof of a base and low mind for one to wish to think with the masses or majority, merely beca...
GIORDANO BRUNO Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defence of peace must be co...
UNKNOWN Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defenses of peace must be...
UNESCO For the whole earth is the tomb of famous men; not only are they commemorated by columns and inscrip...
THUCYDIDES It does not take great men to do great things; it only takes consecrated men.
PHILLIPS BROOKS It does not take great men to do great things; it only takes consecrated men
PHILLIP BROOKS When faith in our freedom gives way to fear of our freedom, silencing the minority view becomes the ...
JOEL SALATIN To suppress minority thinking and minority expression would tend to freeze society and prevent progr...
WENDELL PHILLIPS The test of tolerance comes when we are in a majority; the test of courage comes when we are in a mi...
RALPH W. STOCKMAN It is not freedom from conditions, but it is freedom to take a stand toward the conditions.
VIKTOR E. FRANKL But government in which the majority rule in all cases can not be based on justice, even as far as m...
HENRY DAVID THOREAU An earthquake achieves what the law promises but does not in practice maintain - the equality of all...
IGNAZIO SILON Many were keen to exercise their freedom of expression on this pressing issue, regardless if they we...
HER HIGHNESS SHAIKHA SABEEKA It is within your power at this very moment not only to consumate an act of enlightened statesmanshi...
ROBERT DALE OWEN Shall we judge a country by the majority, or by the minority? By the minority, surely.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON One... gets an impression that civilization is something which was imposed on a resisting majority b...
SIGMUND FREUD The mark of a real man, is a man who can allow himself to fall deeply in love with a woman. But the ...
C. JOYBELL C. It was only a generation ago when women were the exception rather than the rule at college campuses,...
TRAVIS REINDL Consolidation will take place not in an atmosphere of coercion or even dominance, but rather on the ...
CEO RETO FRANCIONI Freedom of speech is unnecessary if the people to whom it is granted do not think for themselves.
MOKOKOMA MOKHONOANA Men die but an idea does not.
ALAN LERNER Men die but an idea does not.
ALAN JAY LERNER That's really sad," Beth said softly, "To have no one left.
R.J. SCOTT I am often asked how it is that I am able to value people to such a deep degree. Apparently, I exhib...
C. JOYBELL C. The world does not owe men a living, but business, if it is to fulfill its ideal, owes men an opport...
OWEN D. YOUNG Hospitality means primarily the creation of free space where the stranger can enter and become a fri...
HENRI J.M. NOUWEN
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SAMUEL HOPKINS Willingness to be damned for the glory of God.
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SAMUEL GOMPERS It is impossible for capitalists and laborers to have common interests.
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SAMUEL GOMPERS The man who has his millions will want everything he can lay his hands on and then raise his voice a...
SAMUEL GOMPERS The worst crime against working people is a company which fails to operate at a profit.
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SAMUEL GOMPERS Where trade unions are most firmly organized, there are the rights of the people most respected.
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SAMUEL FOOTE He is not only dull in himself, but the cause of dullness in others.
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SAMUEL BARNETT Like the Elizabeth I play, Queen Elizabeth is a monarch who actually moves with the times. She gets ...
SAMUEL BARNETT I've definitely learned that if you want to have power as a woman in Shakespeare's time, and...
SAMUEL BARNETT Journalists have sometimes looked to my Twitter account and quoted me from there, and that's fin...
SAMUEL BARNETT I like all sorts of art, that's why I love wandering around The National Gallery.
SAMUEL BARNETT I was supposed to be a doctor. I was supposed to go to Princeton. And everything I was supposed to d...
SAMUEL BARBER I've had little success in intellectual circles. I'm not talked about in the 'New York R...
SAMUEL BARBER I think that what's been holding composers back a great deal is that they feel they must have a ...
SAMUEL BARBER As for my own music, I've never written a book about it. I'm not pedagogical... When I write...
SAMUEL BARBER I was 7 years old when I began composing. I began composing, improvising at the piano, the usual sto...
SAMUEL BARBER I can only say that I myself wrote always as I wished, without a tremendous desire to find the lates...
SAMUEL BARBER There's no reason music should be difficult for an audience to understand.
SAMUEL BARBER I guess, for better or for worse, I am an American composer, and I've had a wonderful life being...
SAMUEL BARBER I was meant to be a composer and will be I'm sure. Don't ask me to try to forget this unplea...
SAMUEL BARBER If I'm confirmed, I'll be myself.
SAMUEL ALITO I have been a judge for 15 years and I've made up my own mind during all that time.
SAMUEL ALITO Private religious speech can't be discriminated against. It has to be treated equally with secul...
SAMUEL ALITO A judge can't have any preferred outcome in any particular case. The judge's only obligation...
SAMUEL ALITO