Minority Quotes

537 Minority quotes by 425 unique authors

I am involved in a freedom ride protesting the loss of the minority rights belonging to the few remaining earthbound stars. All we demanded was… — Marilyn Monroe
If you're in a diabetic or prediabetic state, it's good to have medication to go on for a period of time. But simply by making… — Michael Moore
Every religious group, while perhaps a majority somewhere, is also inevitably a minority somewhere else. Thus, religious organizations should and do show tolerance toward members… — Russell M. Nelson
When I heard about the Microsoft Kinect, though, I felt an urgency rising in me. A game you played without touching any machinery? A chance… — Susan Orlean
Of strong importance to me is the defense of minority rights, not just racial minorities, but ideological and religious minorities. — Rand Paul
Because Republicans believe that the federal government is limited in its function-some have concluded that Republicans are somehow inherently insensitive to minority rights. Nothing could… — Rand Paul
Governments exist to protect the rights of minorities. The loved and the rich need no protection: they have many friends and few enemies. — Wendell Phillips
Nixon in 1968, unlike Obama 2008, was elected as a minority president with only 43 percent of the vote. Yet, in 1972, he won what,… — John Podhoretz
Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political function… — Ayn Rand
The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities. — Ayn Rand
Most Christian 'believers' tend to echo the cultural prejudices and worldviews of the dominant group in their country, with only a minority revealing any real… — Richard Rohr
It is unnatural for a majority to rule, for a majority can seldom be organized and united for specific action, and a minority can. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
I've always had questions about what it meant to be a protester, to be in the minority. Are the people who are trying to find… — Gil Scott-Heron
Close to 80 percent of all terrorist activity in Samaria was directed and financed either by Hizbullah or the Iranians. Iran continues to increase its… — Ariel Sharon
Quite frankly, I think political correctness is the worst form of censorship. You're not allowed to speak your mind unless you're black, or unless you're… — Wilbur Smith
You can't be a minority in this society without having someone express disapproval about affirmative action. — Sonia Sotomayor
I had a great time creating the future on 'Minority Report,' and it's a future that is coming true faster than any of us thought… — Steven Spielberg
Clearly no one knows what leadership has gone undiscovered in women of all races, and in black and other minority men. — Gloria Steinem
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
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
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
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

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