Majority Quotes

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The one distinct feature of our Association has been the right of the individual opinion for every member. We have been beset at every step… — Susan B. Anthony
When I refuse to obey an unjust law, I do not contest the right of the majority to command, but I simply appeal from the… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Tally-When you looked around at everyone else how come you didnâ€™t notice they were brain damaged? Az - We didnâ€™t have much to compare our… — Scott Westerfeld
The god which the vast majority of professing Christians love is looked upon very much like an indulgent old man, who himself has no relish… — Arthur W. Pink
The majority of people are ready to throw their aims and purposes overboard, and give up at the first sign of opposition or misfortune. A… — Napoleon Hill
War happens to people, one by one. That is really all I have to say and it seems to me I have been saying it… — Martha Gellhorn
We all have to lead our own life, and we only have the one life, and the only people who can live life not according… — Javier MarÃas
Oh, yes--you can shout me down, I know! But you cannot answer me. The majority has might on its side--unfortunately; but right it has not. — Henrik Ibsen
What sort of truths are they that the majority usually supports? They are truths that are of such advanced age that they are beginning to… — Henrik Ibsen
Truth is not determined by a majority vote. — Pope Benedict XVI
The will of the people, moreover, practically means the will of the most numerous or the most active part of the people; the majority, or… — John Stuart Mill
Sadly, at a time when so much sophisticated cultural criticism by hip intellectuals from diverse locations extols a vision of cultural hybridity, border crossing, subjectivity… — Bell Hooks
Truth always rests with the minority, and the minority is always stronger than the majority, because the minority is generally formed by those who really… — Soren Kierkegaard
The soul selects her own society, Then shuts the door; On her divine majority Obtrude no more. — Emily Dickinson
It is true that the virtues which are less esteemed and practiced now--independence, self-reliance, and the willingness to bear risks, the readiness to back one's… — Friedrich August von Hayek
It is not difficult to deprive the great majority of independent thought. But the minority who will retain an inclination to criticize must also be… — Friedrich August von Hayek
Democracy is reproached with saying that the majority is always right. But progress says that the minority is always right. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
There was always a minority afraid of something, and a great majority afraid of the dark, afraid of the future, afraid of the past, afraid… — Ray Bradbury
Thereâ€™s only one question that matters, Ms. Lane, and itâ€™s the one you never get around to asking. People are capable of varying degrees of… — Karen Marie Moning
Oh God, the terrible tyranny of the majority. We all have our harps to play. And it's up to you to know with which ear… — Ray Bradbury

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