Americans of our own time - minority and majority Americans alike - need the continued guidance that the Voting Rights Act provides.… — Elijah Cummings Copy Share Image
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I don't think political reform is likely to succeed. [Senators Tom] Udall and [Ron] Wyden, on the intelligence committee, have been sounding… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
In the gun game, we are the most hunted. The river of blood that washes the streets of our nation flows mostly… — Harry Belafonte Copy Share Image
If you are a minority, it is important that you have legal ways to defend yourself in the society in which you… — Shelby Steele Copy Share Image
We are so concerned to flatter the majority that we lose sight of how very often it is necessary, in order to… — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
There are sufficient resources in the world for the needs of everybody, but not enough for the greed of even a significant… — Millard Fuller Copy Share Image
Democracy is an experiment, and the right of the majority to rule is no more inherent than the right of the minority… — William Allen White Copy Share Image
As long as no more than a small minority are capable of reading and writing, universal alphabetization seems like a messianic project.… — Peter Sloterdijk Copy Share Image
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Meeting Raven Wilkinson and having her as a mentor, it was that kind of support from the generations that came before me… — Misty Copeland Copy Share Image
A decade ago, I really did believe that the average investor could do it himself. I was wrong. I've come to the… — William J. Bernstein Copy Share Image
A pet store is a celebration of dogs' existence and an explosion of options. About cats, a pet store seems to say,… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
As a mom, what I found so disturbing were the things that were being said on a national stage - I mean,… — Chelsea Clinton Copy Share Image
A majority, perhaps as many as 75 percent, of abortion clinics are in areas with high minority populations. Abortion apologists will say… — Alveda King Copy Share Image
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Among the gods, there is a dispute as to which one of them originally thought of Christianity; or, as they call it,… — Tom Holt Copy Share Image
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Setting aside the vast herd which shows no definable character at all, it seems to me that the minority distinguished by what… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Nobody needs to justify why they "need" a right: the burden of justification falls on the one seeking to infringe upon the… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
In a democracy the majority of citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority...and that oppression of the… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
The real transgression occurs when religion wants government to tell citizens how to live uniquely personal parts of their lives. The failure… — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded — here and there, now… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Mostly folk music is people with fruity voices trying to keep alive something old and dead. It's all a bit boring, like… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
The only minority in America that's asking for integration is the so-called Negro, primarily because he is inferior, not inherently inferior, but… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
The purpose of a college education is to give you the correct view of minorities, and the means to live as far… — Joseph Sobran Copy Share Image
I think historically, the Republican party has not nominated many women or minorities and they had a difficult time getting those votes. — Nicole Malliotakis Copy Share Image
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Those who back the Syrian regime from now on will find themselves in an even more isolated and indefensible minority. — William Hague Copy Share Image
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Niggerization is the result of oppression -- and it doesn't just apply to the black people. Old people, poor people, and students… — Florynce Kennedy Copy Share Image
When faith in our freedom gives way to fear of our freedom, silencing the minority view becomes the operative protocol. — Joel Salatin Copy Share Image
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It is admitted by everybody that rights and privileges enjoyed by the Roman Catholic minority in Manitoba down to 1890, were taken… — Charles Tupper Copy Share Image
In America, Christmas is the king of all holidays. To be left out of Christmas is the ultimate minority experience. — Firoozeh Dumas Copy Share Image
They are a very extensive minority who have suffered discrimination and who have the same right to participation in the promise and… — Bella Abzug Copy Share Image
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