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The man who follows a crowd will never be followed by a crowd. R. S. DONNELL
Shall we judge a country by the majority, or by the minority? By the minority, surely. RALPH WALDO EMERSON
Never be afraid to stand with the minority when the minority is right, for the minority which is rig... WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
A dissenting minority feels free only when it can impose its will on the majority: what it abominate... ERIC HOFFER Secularism will not work in Egypt any more than theocracy. What will work is governance that is guid...
AHMED ZEWAIL
How a minority, reaching majority, seizing authority, hates a minority! LEONARD H. ROBBINS
A minority may be right, and a majority is always wrong. HENRIK IBSEN If we get the necessary majority, there will be coalition negotiations very soon.
JUERGEN TRITTIN The acts of the minority are affecting the majority and causing the closure of public lands. Just be...
BARB ANDERSON They have a very vocal tiny minority of American citizens who overwhelm the majority because they ar...
MIKE BARNES You can't create a majority with this election. You can increase the regular minority vote on the co...
JAMES SIMMONS The minority yields to the majority!
DENG XIAOPING
South Africa is the only country where an overwhelming majority in complete political control is app... CHRISTINA ENGELA
I would rather be in minority and be right, than in the majority and wrong. JODI PICOULT
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
A minority is powerless while it conforms to the majority; it is not even a minority then; but it is... HENRY DAVID THOREAU ...it is always from a minority acting in ways different from what the majority would prescribe that...
F.A. HAYEK
Shall we then judge a country by the majority, or by the minority? By the minority, surely. 'Tis ped... RALPH WALDO EMERSON
The minority is sometimes right; the majority always wrong. GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
History honors the unique minority the majority cannot forget. SUZY KASSEM
In politics, an organized minority is a political majority. JESSE JACKSON
It is unnatural for a majority to rule, for a majority can seldom be organized and united for specif... JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU The existence of a majority logically implies a corresponding minority.
PHILIP K. DICK
Of course, the aim of a constitutional democracy is to safeguard the rights of the minority and avoi... CORNEL WEST
In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upo... EDMUND BURKE There can be no minority and majority in armed forces. These ideas are working to weaken the forces ...
GEORGE FERNANDES
Because half a dozen grasshoppers under a fern make the field ring with their importunate chink, whi... EDMUND BURKE Many majority owners in recent deals have tried to reduce their equity position and cash calls throu...
MARK ROSENTRAUB Then I told him, ‘Injustice, Poverty and Discrimination is faced by a lot of Indians, and also maj...
SHAIKH ASHRAF
The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ra... MARCUS AURELIUS
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
A minority is powerless while it conforms to the majority. HENRY DAVID THOREAU
The majority is always wrong; the minority is rarely right. HENRIK IBSEN Sometimes the vocal minority is heard over the silent majority.
CRAIG SHER
A single man is minority, a leader is the majority. AMIT KALANTRI
True popularity is not the popularity which is followed after, but the popularity which follows afte... LORD MANSFIELD
What we call a democratic society might be defined for certain purposes as one in which the majority... WALTER LIPPMANN
Follow the crowd and you will never be followed by a crowd. SOURCE UNKNOWN Follow the crowd and you will never be followed by the crowd.
MARLIYN MANSON Historically, the judicial branch has often been the sole protector of the rights of minority groups...
DIANE WATSON We expect this will be followed by a slowdown in the second half.
DIWA GUINIGUNDO
...a minority is only thought of as a minority if it constitutes some kind of threat to the majority... CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD
One... gets an impression that civilization is something which was imposed on a resisting majority b... SIGMUND FREUD ...so bear in mind that majorities, especially respectable ones, are nine times out of ten in the wr...
THOMAS HUGHES That's a big area of growth. The minority market is going to grow three times faster than the majori...
JAN KOSTNER In East, South and Central Africa, the minority manipulated the majority into believing the minority...
PETER ABRAHAMS
Why, so soon as French Canadians, who are in a minority in this House and in the country, were to or... WILFRID LAURIER any decisions you make will always be followed by the one you could've made
DELESHA SHANTAE BUFORD
True popularity is not the popularity which is followed after, but the popularity which follows afte... LORD MANSFIELD
It is maintained that a society is free only when dissenting minorities have room to throw their wei... ERIC HOFFER
When only a minority consisting of capitalists can enjoy the good life, while the majority of worker... SUN YAT-SEN
The political machine works because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority. WILL DURANT
The political machine triumphs because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority. WILL DURANT This is the first election in New York City history where the majority is minority.
HANK SHEINKOPF
History does not remember the forgettable. It honors the unique minority the majority cannot forget. SUZY KASSEM We are the majority -- have been the majority for the last four years, thanks to my friend Newt Ging...
BOB LIVINGSTON When You Reward Bad Behavior Followed By Good Behavior, What You Get Is More Bad Behavior Followed B...
DONALD LYNN FROST
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
President Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and their team have failed the American people, and that ... MITT ROMNEY Well, my personal mission statement is that we want marriage equality in all 50 states. We want it n...
JESSE TYLER FERGUSON
If by the mere force of numbers a majority should deprive a minority of any clearly written constitu... ABRAHAM LINCOLN
If by the mere force of numbers a majority should deprive a minority of any clearly written constitu... ABRAHAM LINCOLN Industry will be praying for a busy driving season this summer, followed by a long, cold winter.
JULIAN LEE
He who knows he is a fool is not the biggest fool; he who knows he is confused is not in the worst c... ZHUANGZI
The only tyrant I accept in this world is the 'still small voice' within me. And even though I have ... MAHATMA GANDHI
It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush ... SAMUEL ADAMS
The will of the people, moreover, practically means the will of the most numerous or the most active... JOHN STUART MILL
If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, man... JOHN STUART MILL
Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights ... AYN RAND
That the desires of the majority of the people are often for injustice and inhumanity against the mi... JOHN ADAMS
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 A nation of sheep will soon come to be lead by wolves.
MARIANA FULGER It could almost be a relief to (Senate Majority leader) Trent Lott (R-Miss.). The rules really favor...
CHARLES GABRIEL
In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upo... EDMUND BURKE
Do you know what will soon be the ultimate in truth? PAUL GAUGUIN The trials have so far yielded excellent preliminary indications and will be followed by trials on a...
JEFFREY GORDON I know what it's like to be a minority.
COY PRIVETTE What I look forward to is continued immaturity followed by death.
HEYWOOD BROWN
What I look forward to is continued immaturity followed by death. DAVE BARRY
The minority of a country is never known to agree, except in its efforts to reduce and oppress the m... JAMES FENIMORE COOPER
The active minority in the world is the fraction that makes the world a better place for the passive... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR If a minority culture doesn't accept you as much as majority culture, think about following a path o...
PAUL ISAACS
The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but b... OTTO VON BISMARCK
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect). MARK TWAIN A majority opinion does not represent the ultimate decision because such a view is not unanimous and...
DUOP CHAK WUOL I will respect what people will vote. People who fought for what they thought was right even though ...
JOSEPH MUSCAT The law is an adroit mixture of customs that are beneficial to society, and could be followed even i...
PETER KROPOTKIN
A majority, perhaps as many as 75 percent, of abortion clinics are in areas with high minority popul... ALVEDA KING
What is beautiful is good, and who is good will soon be beautiful. SAPPHO
What is beautiful is good, and who is good will soon be beautiful. VITA SACKVILLE-WEST
The restriction of religion to private life therefore does not necessarily threaten the vital intere... PHILLIP E. JOHNSON These are not true fans because they bring this club down . . . you have to be ashamed of them, ... ...
MARTIN BAIN 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 does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set bru... SAMUEL ADAMS
The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in th... RALPH W. SOCKMAN
The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in... RALPH W. SOCKMAN
