Majority Quotes

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And there is the matter of abortion. We must with calmness and resolve help the vast majority of our fellow Americans understand that the more… — Ronald Reagan
Another advantage accruing from this ingredient in the constitution of a senate, is the additional impediment it must prove against improper acts of legislation. No… — James Madison
At first view it might seem not to square with the republican theory, to suppose either that a majority have not the right, or that… — James Madison
The smaller the society, the fewer probably will be the distinct parties and interests composing it; the fewer the distinct parties and interests, the more… — James Madison
Extend the sphere and you take in a greater variety of parties and interests; you make it less probable that a majority of the whole… — James Madison
You have opened a new chapter in the relations of the American and Chinese people... I am confident that this beginning of our friendship will… — Zhou Enlai
Monarchies, aristocracies, and religions are all based upon that large defect in your race - the individual's distrust of his neighbor, and his desire, for… — Mark Twain
Human life in common is only made possible when a majority comes together which is stronger than any separate individual and which remains united against… — Sigmund Freud
There are lots of people who give their all and have that inner glow on. It's a shame that majority of them are under seven… — Esa Saarinen
[In a democracy] a common passion or interest will, in almost every case , be felt by a majority of the whole; a communication and… — James Madison
The majority of men cannot be made disinterested for life by exhortation, by religious services, by any expenditure of subsidized works, or even by grave… — Herbert Croly
The instability of our laws is really an immense evil. I think it would be well to provide in our constitutions that there shall always… — Thomas Jefferson
A minority is only thought of as a minority when it constitutes some kind of threat to the majority, real or imaginary. And no threat… — Christopher Isherwood
Civilisation will not last, freedom will not survive, peace will not be kept, unless a very large majority of mankind unite together to defend them… — Winston Churchill
Let historians not record that when America was the most powerful nation in the world we passed on the other side of the road and… — Richard M. Nixon
In making the great experiment of governing people by consent rather than by coercion, it is not sufficient that the party in power should have… — Walter Lippmann
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… — Henry David Thoreau
Most of the really good songs are dead true. ... It had to have happened to have the song be there. Every time I've tried… — Guy Clark
The majority of people mistakenly feel like they don't need a live musical experience. — Reggie Workman
You will find a common dichotomy in life. Those who don't have vision or determination, and refuse to dream the impossible, are always in the… — Charles R. Swindoll

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