Minorities Quotes

595 Minorities quotes by 449 unique authors

... our purpose in founding our state was not to promote the happiness of a single class, but, so far as possible, of the whole… — Plato
The struggle for freedom is not the struggle of the many against the few, but of minorities, sometimes of a minority of but one man… — Ludwig von Mises
They are a very extensive minority who have suffered discrimination and who have the same right to participation in the promise and fruits of society… — Bella Abzug
In the first 50 years of the filibuster, it was used only 35 times. But the last Congress alone had 112 cloture motions filed, plus… — Peter Fenn
I want the President to look across the country and find the best man woman or minority that he can find — Trent Lott
The external reality and inner dynamic of happenings in Northern Ireland between 1968 and 1974 were symptomatic of change, violent change admittedly, but change nevertheless,… — Seamus Heaney
Friends have asked how I came to engender this American antagonism. My prodigious sin was, and still is, being a non-conformist. Although I am not… — Charlie Chaplin
I fully recognize and appreciate the many substantial contributions of black Americans and other minorities to the creation and preservation and development of our great… — Strom Thurmond
The new nation called Nigeria should be an estate of our great-grandfather, Uthman Dan Fodio. We must ruthlessly prevent a change of power. We use… — Unknown Author
I realized that I was connected to Africa. I wasn't just a Colored girl. I was part of a whole world that wanted a better… — Assata Shakur
As long as no more than a small minority are capable of reading and writing, universal alphabetization seems like a messianic project. Only once everyone… — Peter Sloterdijk
I'm used to being in the minority. I'm a left-handed, gay Jew. I've never felt, automatically, a member of any majority. — Barney Frank
I can think of few important movements for reform in which success was won by any method other than that of an energetic minority presenting… — Vera Brittain
I think 'one man, one vote,' just unrestricted democracy, would not be wise. There needs to be some kind of protection for the minority which… — Pat Robertson
Social and economic well-being will become a reality only through the zeal, courage, the non-compromising determination of intelligent minorities, and not through the mass. — Emma Goldman
There must not be one law for the Jew and another for the Arabs....In saying this, I do not assume that there are tendencies toward… — Chaim Weizmann
Discrimination has a lot of layers that make it tough for minorities to get a leg up. — Bill Gates
I've always found that avoiding insanity is useful in life - which in American politics sometimes puts one in the minority. — Tony Blankley
There is a small minority of well-educated people with relatively sensible views on economics, and an extremely tiny minority of economists with highly sensible views.… — Bryan Caplan
At the very top state institutions, like UCLA, Berkeley and the University of Texas, however, the trend of downward minority enrollment remains persistent and discouraging. — Adam Schiff
A considerable proportion of the developed world's prosperity rests on paying the lowest possible prices for the poor countries' primary products and on exporting high-cost… — Philip Agee
Having always imagined myself in a fairly slim minority, I suddenly saw that I was in a vast company. Difference unites us. While each of… — Andrew Solomon
I always say to women, 'Take advantage of the fact that you're in the minority, don't see it as a disadvantage. You're that much more… — Carol Leifer
Experience shows that great enterprises seldom end with a tidy and satisfactory flourish. Together, we are doing our best to re-establish peace and civil order… — Queen Elizabeth II
The best lesson which we get from the tragedy of Karbala is that Husain and his companions were rigid believers in God. They illustrated that… — Thomas Carlyle

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