--- title: "11 Majority Minority Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 11 Majority Minority quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Majority Minority sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/252/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_census_shall-we-then-judge-a-country-by-the-maj_1646355.png" --- > [Shall we then judge a country by the majority, or by the minority? By the minority, surely.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/shall-we-then-judge-a-country-by-the-majority-or-by-the-minority-by-2/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/252/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_census_shall-we-then-judge-a-country-by-the-maj_1646355.png) > [A minority is powerless while it conforms to the majority; it is not even a minority then; but it is irresistible when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/a-minority-is-powerless-while-it-conforms-to-the-majority-it-is-not/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/17d/henry-david-thoreau-20_conform_a-minority-is-powerless-while-it-conform_2407786.jpg) > [The minority is always stronger than the majority, because the minority is generally formed by those who really have an opinion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/soren-kierkegaard/the-minority-is-always-stronger-than-the-majority-because-the/) [Soren Kierkegaard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/soren-kierkegaard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63a/soren-kierkegaard-578_awareness_the-minority-is-always-stronger-than-the_2159420.jpg) > [The opinion of the majority or the minority is of no importance! The important thing is the opinion of the Truth, of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mehmet-murat-ildan/the-opinion-of-the-majority-or-the-minority-is-of-no-importance-the/) [Mehmet Murat Ildan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mehmet-murat-ildan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d4/mehmet-murat-ildan-3_importance_the-opinion-of-the-majority-or-the-minor_1369962.jpg) > [Let's pretend six people live in your house. And you propose that only four people get to eat every day, and you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rush-limbaugh/let-s-pretend-six-people-live-in-your-house-and-you-propose-that-only/) [Rush Limbaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rush-limbaugh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b2/rush-limbaugh-28_democracy_let-s-pretend-six-people-live-in-your-ho_2433231.jpg) > [In the past the great majority of minority voters, in Ohio and other places that means African American voters, cast a large…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lewis/in-the-past-the-great-majority-of-minority-voters-in-ohio-and-other/) [John Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/848/john-lewis-1310_african-american_in-the-past-the-great-majority-of-minori_3139294.jpg) > [Shall we then judge a country by the majority, or by the minority? By the minority, surely. 'Tis pedantry to estimate nations…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/shall-we-then-judge-a-country-by-the-majority-or-by-the-minority-by/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffb/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_census_shall-we-then-judge-a-country-by-the-maj_908213.png) > [Truth always rests with the minority, and the minority is always stronger than the majority, because the minority is generally formed by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/soren-kierkegaard/truth-always-rests-with-the-minority-and-the-minority-is-always/) [Soren Kierkegaard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/soren-kierkegaard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c1/soren-kierkegaard-578_addiction_truth-always-rests-with-the-minority-and_790818.jpg) > [“Although the natural rights inherent in our( Constitutional) regime are adequate to the solution of this ( minority) problem...the equal protection of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allan-bloom/although-the-natural-rights-inherent-in-our-constitutional-regime-are/) [Allan Bloom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allan-bloom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fe/allan-bloom-4105_common-good_although-the-natural-rights-inherent-in_578588.jpg) > [Due to the major demographic changes we have gone through in the last few years in this country, we will be a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/debbie-wasserman-schultz/due-to-the-major-demographic-changes-we-have-gone-through-in-the-last/) [Debbie Wasserman Schultz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/debbie-wasserman-schultz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f81/debbie-wasserman-schultz-11199_believe_due-to-the-major-demographic-changes-we_2617963.jpg) > [Cast your whole vote, not a strip of paper merely, but your whole influence. A minority is powerless while it conforms to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/cast-your-whole-vote-not-a-strip-of-paper-merely-but-your-whole/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/414/henry-david-thoreau-20_bills_cast-your-whole-vote-not-a-strip-of-pape_1430287.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/majority-minority/#itemlist", "name": "Majority Minority Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Shall we then judge a country by the majority, or by the minority? 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Donald Trump has tapped into those people's fears because he comes from the extreme right wing part of the Republican Party, as does Ted Cruz. They believe that we should cut taxes to wealthy Americans and enforce anti immigrant laws. They don't believe in Education or Social Security, they would end it and change it and privatize it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Debbie Wasserman Schultz" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/debbie-wasserman-schultz/due-to-the-major-demographic-changes-we-have-gone-through-in-the-last/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f81/debbie-wasserman-schultz-11199_believe_due-to-the-major-demographic-changes-we_2617963.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f81/debbie-wasserman-schultz-11199_believe_due-to-the-major-demographic-changes-we_2617963.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f81/debbie-wasserman-schultz-11199_believe_due-to-the-major-demographic-changes-we_2617963.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Due to the major demographic changes we have gone through in the last few years in this country, we will be…” — Debbie Wasserman Schultz", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Cast your whole vote, not a strip of paper merely, but your whole influence. A minority is powerless while it conforms to the majority; it is not even a minority then; but it is irresistible when it clogs by its whole weight… If a thousand men were not to pay their tax-bills this year, that would not be a violent and bloody measure, as it would be to pay them, and enable the State to commit violence and shed innocent blood. This is, in fact, the definition of a peaceable revolution, if any such is possible.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Henry David Thoreau" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/cast-your-whole-vote-not-a-strip-of-paper-merely-but-your-whole/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/414/henry-david-thoreau-20_bills_cast-your-whole-vote-not-a-strip-of-pape_1430287.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/414/henry-david-thoreau-20_bills_cast-your-whole-vote-not-a-strip-of-pape_1430287.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/414/henry-david-thoreau-20_bills_cast-your-whole-vote-not-a-strip-of-pape_1430287.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Cast your whole vote, not a strip of paper merely, but your whole influence. 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