Minorities Quotes

595 Minorities quotes by 449 unique authors

Majorities and minorities cannot rightfully be taken at all into account in deciding questions of justice. — Lysander Spooner
Majorities, as such, afford no guarantees for justice. They are men of the same nature as minorities. They have the same passions for fame, power,… — Lysander Spooner
Clearly no one knows what leadership has gone undiscovered in women of all races, and in black and other minority men. — Gloria Steinem
We have a president who stole the presidency through family ties, arrogance and intimidation, employing Republican operatives to exercise the tactics of voter fraud by… — Barbra Streisand
Amendments occupy a great deal of most legislators' time, particularly those lawmakers in the minority. Members of Congress do author major bills, but more commonly… — Matt Taibbi
Fiction writing, and the reading of it, and book buying, have always been the activities of a tiny minority of people, even in the most-literate… — Paul Theroux
When you look at where the real problems are among minorities in our society, particularly blacks, it's at the bottom. It's the people who are… — Clarence Thomas
The white people of the South are the greatest minority in this nation. They deserve consideration and understanding instead of the persecution of twisted propaganda. — Strom Thurmond
All minorities think they're immune, but we're absolutely part of the one in five that gets skin cancer! It's a myth, and myths are meant… — Gabrielle Union
I think that wealthy white people would like to have a country that resembles the Fifties, when all the minorities were tucked away in ghettos… — Alice Walker
Today, the theory of evolution is an accepted fact for everyone but a fundamentalist minority, whose objections are based not on reasoning but on doctrinaire… — James D. Watson
The arts have only ever interested a small minority of people, which acted as a kind of nursery to support artists. — Vivienne Westwood
Murders with guns are the No. 1 cause of death for African-American men between the ages of 15 and 34. But talking about race in… — Juan Williams
Class certainly loomed large in Katrina's aftermath. Blacks of means escaped the tragedy; blacks without them suffered and died. In reality, it is how race… — Michael Eric Dyson
There is this huge Roma problem in Europe. There are a lot of Romas who are discriminated against in countries like the Czech Republic or… — Evgeny Morozov
Perhaps a lunatic was simply a minority of one. — George Orwell
Bolivia is a striking example. The mostly white, Europeanized elite, which is a minority, happens to be sitting on most of the hydrocarbon reserves. For… — Noam Chomsky
The political function of 'the right of free speech' is to protect dissenters and unpopular minorities from forcible suppression - not to guarantee them the… — Ayn Rand
Among the gods, there is a dispute as to which one of them originally thought of Christianity; or, as they call it, the Great Leg… — Tom Holt
The only tyrant I accept in this world is the 'still small voice' within me. And even though I have to face the prospect of… — Mahatma Gandhi
The rich are the most discriminated-against minority in the world. Openly or covertly, everybody hates the rich because, openly or covertly, everybody envies the rich.… — Tom Robbins
Isn't it a characteristic of the age we live in that it has made everyone in a way a migrant and a member of a… — Amin Maalouf
No real social change has ever been brought about without a revolution - Revolution is but thought carried into action. Every effort for progress, for… — Emma Goldman
The saving of our world from pending doom will come, not through the complacent adjustment of the conforming majority, but through the creative maladjustment of… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
A venturesome minority will always be eager to set off on their own, and no obstacles should be placed in their path; let them take… — Edward Abbey

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