Majority Quotes · Page 51

Sometimes great injustices may be inflicted on the minority when the majority is in the pursuit of a great and just cause.

— Paul Robeson

It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the…

— Samuel Adams

A recession is predominantly for the middle class. Where I come from, the majority of people have always lived in a recession.

— Curtis Jackson

Over the past few days I have been fighting off a virus that has affected the majority of my band and crew.

— Mika

In Republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority.

— James Madison

When you're in the minority, it doesn't matter what you're agenda is, you're not going to have the degree of freedom that…

— Tom Daschle

In the past the great majority of minority voters, in Ohio and other places that means African American voters, cast a large…

— John Lewis

It is when it is contended that "in a democracy right is what the majority makes it to be" that democracy degenerates…

— Friedrich August von Hayek

How do I know that I know this, except that I've always been taught this and never heard anything else? [...] How…

— Christopher Hitchens

This is a proud day and an important step forward in the fight for equality in Britain. The overwhelming majority of Labour…

— Ed Miliband

Anger has become one of the trendiest emotions of all. In moderation it can be a righteous force for constructive change. But…

— Rob Brezsny

The best proof that Christ has risen is that he is still alive. And for the immense majority of our contemporaries, the…

— Louis Evely

In his essay 'Self-Reliance' Emerson wrote, 'Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist.' The Apostle Paul reminds us that whoso…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Today, for many people, being a union member simply means paying dues, but in the early days there were so few of…

— Rose Schneiderman

If science has a lot to do with what works, then clearly there's much about today's social and economic setup that isn't…

— Jacque Fresco

There is nothing that you can do that is worse for yourself, than to do something that you believe is inappropriate. And…

— Esther Hicks

Wicksell's old-fashioned liberalism is reminiscent of John Maynard Keynes' attitude toward conscription during World War I. Keynes opposed conscription, but he was…

— Mancur Olson

Imagine a country where the majority of the population reaps the majority of the benefits for their hard work, creative ingenuity, and…

— Nomi Prins

The teachers of small children are paid more than they were, but still far less than the importance of their work deserves,…

— Dorothy Canfield Fisher

All we can say is that, as the result of a process which went on from the fourth century to about the…

— Frederic G. Kenyon

I go into every meeting, into every room and for every speech understanding the standard deviation, the Bell Curve. I know there…

— Simon Sinek

When you look at what [new generation] believe in, how they value diversity, how they believe in science, how they care about…

— Barack Obama

For thousands of years, China developed its own political system. Its rulers, no matter who they are, are given a conditional right…

— Andre Vltchek

In modern day evangelism, this precious doctrine [of regeneration] has been reduced to nothing more than a human decision to raise one's…

— Paul Washer

What about the majority? I'm so tired of protecting the rights of the minority. What about the rest of the country?

— Ainsley Earhardt

The bill is emblematic of the attempt by the majority party to control every aspect of our lives.

— Virginia Foxx

Lead singers not only do the majority of the work, but their personalities are singled out and taken as the general attitude…

— Martha Reeves

The past few decades of widening inequality can be summed up as significant income and wealth gains for those at the very…

— Janet Yellen

I'm used to being in the minority. I'm a left-handed, gay Jew. I've never felt, automatically, a member of any majority.

— Barney Frank

The vast majority of people's concept of love is actually hate, more or less. “I need you, I must have you, I…

— Lester Levenson

Unlike with the majority of library books, when you enter a term into a search engine there is no guarantee that what…

— Howard Rheingold

Where the law of the majority ceases to be acknowledged, there government ends; the law of the strongest takes its place, and…

— Thomas Jefferson

Majority of men are momma's boys. A lot of them do believe that nobody can love them more than their mothers.

— Shamita Shetty

To say that a work of art is good, but incomprehensible to the majority of men, is the same as saying of…

— Leo Tolstoy

The state should say that there is place to maintain the Jewish majority even if it violates rights.

— Ayelet Shaked

I envision some years from now that the majority of search queries will be answered without you actually asking. It'll just know…

— Ray Kurzweil

My favorite thing is coming up with titles. The majority of the songs I've every written I've always thought of the title…

— Bernie Taupin

Our most important allies in the fight against ISIL are the vast majority of Muslims who reject its apocalyptic ideology of hatred.

— Lindsey Graham

...the majority of people cannot endure the bareness and futility of their lives unless they have some ardent dedication, or some passionate…

— Eric Hoffer

I'm not trying to represent all Muslim women. I'm trying to give voice to the silent majority. Unfortunately, I'm a bit loony.

— Maysoon Zayid