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title: "3 Unpopular Easy Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [Being unpopular is never easy; but being unpopular in a good cause is a shield against despair.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-scruton/being-unpopular-is-never-easy-but-being-unpopular-in-a-good-cause-is/)

[Roger Scruton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-scruton/)

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> [My esoteric doctrine, is that if you entertain any doubt, it is safest to take the unpopular side in the first instance.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/my-esoteric-doctrine-is-that-if-you-entertain-any-doubt-it-is-safest/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [It is safest to take the unpopular side in the first instance. Transit from the unpopular is easy... but from the popular…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-lamb-melbourne/it-is-safest-to-take-the-unpopular-side-in-the-first-instance-transit/)

[William Lamb Melbourne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-lamb-melbourne/)

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