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- The principle of majority rule is the mildest form in which the force of numbers can be exercised. It is a pacific substitute for civil…
- It is often very illuminating...to ask yourself how you got at the facts on which you base your opinion. Who actually saw, heard, felt, counted,…
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- Whether if soul did not exist time would exist or not, is a question that may fairly be asked; for if there… — Aristotle
- Every citizen of this country should be guaranteed that their vote matters, that their vote is counted, and that in the voting… — Barbara Boxer
- Americans need accurate information in order to consider Social Security reform. Too bad the media can't be counted upon to provide it. — Herman Cain
- When you feel powerful, you are willing to stand up for your rights, you are willing to stand up for what you… — Margaret Cho
- The liberals in the House strongly resemble liberals I have known through the last two decades in the civil rights conflict. When… — Shirley Chisholm
- To be governed is to be watched, inspected, spied upon, directed, law-ridden, regulated, penned up, indoctrinated, preached at, checked, appraised, seized, censured,… — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
- One, with God, is always a majority, but many a martyr has been burned at the stake while the votes were being… — Thomas Reed
- If you stand up and be counted, from time to time you may get yourself knocked down. But remember this: A man… — Thomas Watson, Jr.
- The study of mathematics is apt to commence in disappointment. . . . We are told that by its aid the stars… — Alfred North Whitehead
- How I hated schools, and what a life of anxiety I lived there. I counted the hours to the end of every… — Winston Churchill
- The exercise of voluntary attention in the schoolroom must therefore be counted one of the most important points of training that take… — William James
- Running taught me valuable lessons. In cross-country competition, training counted more than intrinsic ability, and I could compensate for a lack of… — Nelson Mandela