Great Majority Quotes

76 Great Majority quotes by 65 unique authors

The one common undertaking and universal instrument of the great majority of the human race is the United Nations. A patient, constructive long-term use of… — Trygve Lie
The great majority of the Christian world is still weeping at the foot of the cross. The consciousness of man is fixed on the Christ… — John G. Lake
The great majority of the things we now make ourselves panicked about are self-created 'dangers' that exist almost entirely in our own imaginations. — Albert Ellis
To carry adequate life insurance is a moral obligation incumbent upon the great majority of citizens. — Franklin D. Roosevelt
In all the more advanced communities the great majority of things are worse done by the intervention of government than the individuals most interested in… — John Stuart Mill
Most investors, both institutional and individual, will find that the best way to own common stocks (shares') is through an index fund that charges minimal… — Warren Buffett
The great majority of Americans are suspended between these opposing attitudes. They are uneasy with injustice but unwilling yet to pay a significant price to… — Martin Luther
So long as the great majority of men are not deprived of either property or honor, they are satisfied. — Niccolo Machiavelli
The great majority of men grow up and grow old in seeming and following. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The legislative job of the President is especially important to the people who have no special representatives to plead their cause before Congressand that includes… — Harry S. Truman
To associate with other like-minded people in small, purposeful groups is for the great majority of men and women a source of profound psychological satisfaction.… — Aldous Huxley
The great majority of the Senate of the United States...somewhere around 80 percent...are completely in support of Israel, anything Israel wants. This has been demonstrated… — J. William Fulbright
In the past the great majority of minority voters, in Ohio and other places that means African American voters, cast a large percentage of their… — John Lewis
The great majority of people are calm, resourceful, altruistic or even beyond altruistic, as they risk themselves for others. We improvise the conditions of survival… — Rebecca Solnit
Scientists have established huge numbers of links between particular diseases and snippets of DNA, but in the great majority of cases, this has not yet… — Charles C. Mann
Unless the great majority of Americans not only have, but believe they have, a fair chance, the better American future will be dangerously compromised. — Herbert Croly
Except when war is waged in a desert, noncombatants, also known as civilians or "the people," constitute the great majority of those affected. — Martin Van Creveld
Measurements of the specific ionization of both the positive and negative particles, by counting the number of droplets per unit length along the tracks, showed… — Carl David Anderson
Every step in human progress, from the first feeble stirrings in the abyss of time, has been opposed by the great majority of men. Every… — H. L. Mencken
Life to the great majority is only a constant struggle for mere existence, with the certainty of losing it at last. — Arthur Schopenhauer
My position as regards the monied interests can be put in a few words. In every civilized society property rights must be carefully safeguarded; ordinarily… — Theodore Roosevelt
The rights a man arrogates to himself are related to the duties he imposes on himself, to the tasks to which he feels equal. The… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Instead of comparing our lot with that of those who are more fortunate than we are, we should compare it with the lot of the… — Helen Keller
I don't see why it should be remarkable that you can acquire a reputation for fairness and decency. Those are qualities shared by so many… — Michael Palin
Like me, the great majority of Americans wish both to preserve the traditional definition of marriage and to oppose bias and intolerance directed towards gays… — Mitt Romney

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