Minority Quotes
537 Minority quotes by 425 unique authors
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Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded — here and there, now and then —…
— Robert A. Heinlein
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Many people, especially ignorant people, want to punish you for speaking the truth, for being correct, for being you. Never apologize for being correct, or…
— Mahatma Gandhi
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One thing has not changed: to doubt the worth of minority students' achievement when they succeed is really only to present another face of the…
— Sonia Sotomayor
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Those who are most sensitive about "politically incorrect" terminology are not the average black ghetto-dweller, Asian immigrant, abused woman or disabled person, but a minority…
— Theodore Kaczynski
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We tell market researchers that we don't mind paying more for green benefits but only a minority of zealots ever really will. A campaign that…
— Chris Powell
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The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.
— Ralph Washington Sockman
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It is bad to be oppressed by a minority, but it is worse to be oppressed by a majority.
— Lord Acton
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Societies without a reservoir of people who don't follow the rules lack an important mechanism for societal evolution. Vibrant societies need a dishonest minority; if…
— Bruce Schneier
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It takes courage to be creative. Just as soon as you have a new idea, you are in a minority of one.
— Ellis Paul Torrance
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Women over fifty already form one of the largest groups in the population structure of the western world. As long as they like themselves, they…
— Germaine Greer
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Democracy is not the law of the majority but the protection of the minority.
— Albert Camus
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I really want to be the black Tina Fey, where I just am able to produce my own content and produce other content for other…
— Issa Rae
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The world is still changing. Faster than ever. And so should the Republican Party. Or condemn itself to a smaller and smaller base of core…
— Mark McKinnon
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Numerically speaking, half the population cannot be a minority. Yet when it comes to women, the numbers plainly show that the mathematically impossible is the…
— Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
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Candidates should be extremely cautious in displaying a sense of humor. If he or she tells a joke with a point, there is almost certain…
— Jack Germond
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Every kid, every minority kid can be so successful if they focus on their education.
— Magic Johnson
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White America is in the minority.
— Malcolm X
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No minority should climb all over the majority.
— Lech Walesa
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In 1968, the situation at Harvard was not one of which we can be proud. In that year, the proportion of minority persons in salary…
— Derek Bok
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The University has a moral obligation to provide equal opportunities to women, minority persons and all other groups who work or seek to work at…
— Derek Bok
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The Muslim Brotherhood is a religiously conservative group. They are a minority in Egypt. They are not a majority of the Egyptian people, but they…
— Mohamed ElBaradei
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Syria, for all its problems, at least has a constitution that guarantees equal protection of citizens. Around the world, we have seen that this is…
— Franklin Graham
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People in minority religious communities, like Paganism, often feel isolated and even marginalized by others because of the lifestyle differences associated with their spiritual path.
— Brendan Myers
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We must recognize that all the civil rights laws in the world are not going to solve the problem of minority underachievement. Ultimately, blacks and…
— Richard Lamm
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The payouts for starting a business are just terrible when you account for risk. A tiny minority of entrepreneurs ever get rich. And the majority…
— Michael Arrington
Who Wrote These Minority Quotes
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