Majority Quotes

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Democracy is not freedom. Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to eat for lunch. Freedom comes from the recognition of certain… — James Bovard
There is little doubt that the majority of Mr. Mills supporters in 1865 did not know what his political opinions were, and that they voted… — Millicent Fawcett
I tell patients that tranquilizers alone never cure anyone. They merely reduce the intensity of the symptoms and make life slightly more endurable. They create… — Abram Hoffer
We in the majority have worked hard to empower people to create opportunities, to make jobs, to do things that turn America into a place… — Robin Hayes
I think this is the case in the great majority of authoritarian states: on the surface, because of repression, everything seems frozen, but when the… — Aung San
That a majority of the Abolitionists in this place would patronize a free labor store, in preference to others, I do not doubt; but we… — Gamaliel Bailey
To change our laws and culture, the green movement must attract and include the majority of all people, not just the majority of affluent people. — Van Jones
We want to begin in working-class neighborhoods. We want to test the concept there, because our idea is that fair trade should not just be… — Victor Suarez Melendez
Unlike the majority of the writers of his age, La Rochefoucauld was an aristocrat; and this fact gives a peculiar tone to his work. — Lytton Strachey
Shall we then judge a country by the majority, or by the minority? By the minority, surely. 'Tis pedantry to estimate nations by the census,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The real issue at hand is how God is going to respond to a culture when the majority of the people seek to veto Him. — Tony Evans
When the Christian majority takes over this country, there will be no satanic churches, no more free distribution of pornography, no more talk of rights… — Gary Potter
Margaret Thatcher has shown that there is power and dignity to be won by defying the status quo and the majority rather than by adapting… — Christopher Hitchens
Anyone who strays too far from the majority view or the conventional wisdom is bound to be labeled "arrogant," "a maverick," "a Wildman," "weird," or… — John Eliot
It amazes me how well the majority of jump jockeys ride in a race until they've landed over the last, then how badly most of… — Jack Leach
The vast majority of Muslims living here are peaceful citizens. Unfortunately, however, we also see religious and political fanaticism among Muslim groups in Germany. — Otto Schily
It is man's intrinsic and irreducible self-responsibility to humanize himself, to exercise his entire range of rational and moral resources to raise his mode of… — Kenny Smith
For the majority of us, the past is a regret, the future an experiment — Mark Twain
We are raising a generation that has a woefully small stock of ideas and interests and emotions. It must be amused at all costs but… — Robert McCracken
A study was done which shows the majority of oncologists who refer patients for chemotherapy for lung cancer would not themselves take chemotherapy for lung… — Ralph W. Moss

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