Majority Quotes

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By creating an urgent crisis that can only be solved by those fluent in a language too complex for ordinary people to understand, the Wall… — Matt Taibbi
In the United States, the majority undertakes to supply a multitude of ready-made opinions for the use of individuals, who are thus relieved from the… — Alexis de Tocqueville
In America the majority raises formidable barriers around the liberty of opinion; within these barriers an author may write what he pleases, but woe to… — Alexis de Tocqueville
In no other country in the world is the love of property keener or more alert than in the United States, and nowhere else does… — Alexis de Tocqueville
To say that a work of art is good, but incomprehensible to the majority of men, is the same as saying of some kind of… — Leo Tolstoy
What is black empowerment when it seems to benefit not the vast majority but an elite that tends to be recycled? — Desmond Tutu
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. — Mark Twain
A majority of senators should be able to adopt rules at the beginning of each Congress. — Tom Udall
The genius of our ruling class is that it has kept a majority of the people from ever questioning the inequity of a system where… — Gore Vidal
The majority of the world's Muslims do not believe that terrorism is a legitimate strategy or that Islam is incompatible with democracy. — Gijs de Vries
Despite the fact that in America we incarcerate more juveniles for life terms than in any other country in the world, the truth is that… — Ayelet Waldman
Rural communities in Africa, South Asia and Latin America are where the majority of hungry people are and the inequality that exists between women and… — Dionne Warwick
The vast majority of English folk cannot and will not consider a picture as a picture, apart from any story which it may be supposed… — James Whistler
Popularity makes no law invulnerable to invalidation. Americans accept judicial supervision of their democracy - judicial review of popular but possibly unconstitutional statutes - because… — George Will
The two major challenges for the 21st century are to improve the economic situation of the majority and save as much of the planet as… — E. O. Wilson
Most of our ancestors were not perfect ladies and gentlemen. The majority of them weren't even mammals. — Robert Anton Wilson
The majority of my blood is Asian. — Tiger Woods
In our so-called democracy we are accustomed to give the majority what they want rather than educate them to understand what is best for them. — Carter G. Woodson
The large majority of the Negroes who have put on the finishing touches of our best colleges are all but worthless in the development of… — Carter G. Woodson
Life is the desert, life the solitude, death joins us to the great majority. — Edward Young

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