Best Minority Wisdom

537 Minority quotes by 425 unique authors

Desperate courage makes One a majority. — Andrew Jackson
If we can muster up that degree of commitment and get away from the uniquely American perception that if something can't be done immediately it… — Harry Chapin
The provision of basic material needs is not sufficient to make minority groups and indigenous peoples feel they are truly part of the greater national… — Aung San Suu Kyi
These men were very much in the minority, but of course, being the 'Elect', they expected to be in a minority - the party of… — Simon Schama
To find agreements in one's minority opinions is one of the great pleasures of reading. — Hugh Redwald Trevor-Roper
It is only because the majority opinion will always be opposed by some that our knowledge and understanding progress... it is always from a minority… — Friedrich August von Hayek
Your political system is actually too democratic. The fact that Americans vote on every bill and proposition can prolong bigotry indefinitely, especially where it is… — George Michael
The 'futures' and 'careers' for which American students now prepare are for the most part intellectual and moral wastelands. This chrome-plated consumers' paradise would have… — Mario Savio
I don't use the word minority because there is nothing minor about me. — Piri Thomas
All progress comes from the creative minority. — George Gilder
I wanted to do something for the minority Muslims living in the West, especially in the UK, to bring up their morale a bit. They… — Sami Yusuf
Once they arrive, affirmative action kids are generally left to sink or swim academically. Brown (University) offers plenty of counseling and tutoring to struggling students,… — Ron Suskind
We libertarians are not the spokesmen for any ethnic or economic class; we are the spokesmen for all classes, for all of the public; we… — Murray Rothbard
What in fact takes place in an election is that two hand picked candidates are propped up before the citizenry, each candidate having been selected… — Robert Ringer
Even before winning its majority, Harper's Republican-styl e Conservative party - well to the right Canada's traditional Progressive Conservative Party - managed to win minority… — Linda McQuaig
I think the real problem for American religion are those minority of fundamentalists who try to identify political policies with religion. — Andrew Greeley
Great numbers of Asian Americans do not fit the model minority or 'tiger family' stereotypes, living instead in multigenerational poverty far from the mainstream. — Eric Liu
How does a weaker minority dominate a physically superior majority? In my research I learned that this is accomplished by destroying the slave’s mind. More… — Kyle Baker
It is no dishonor to be in a minority in the cause of liberty and virtue — Samuel Adams
Were anyone wondering how Sen. Harry Reid intended to manage life in the minority, it took one day of the 114th Congress to get the… — Kimberley Strassel
That conclusion is inescapable, given the well-established evidence that voter-ID laws don't disenfranchise minorities or reduce minority voting, and in many instances enhance it, despite… — Edwin Meese
Destroy it. There may be a redistribution of the land, but the natural inequality of men soon re-creates an inequality of possessions and privileges, and… — Will Durant
A minority is powerless while it conforms to the majority. — Henry David Thoreau
Sanity is not statistical - Being in a minority, even a minority of one, did not make you mad. — Winston Smith
Polls consistently show that the majority of Americans favour research using embryonic stem cells and yet politicians continue to pander to the outspoken religious minority… — James D. Watson

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