Minority Quotes

537 Minority quotes by 425 unique authors

Americans of our own time - minority and majority Americans alike - need the continued guidance that the Voting Rights Act provides. We have come… — Elijah Cummings
If there is a nuclear tactic being used here, I submit it is the use of that obstruction where a willful minority blocks a bipartisan… — John Cornyn
A majority, perhaps as many as 75 percent, of abortion clinics are in areas with high minority populations. — Alveda King
In the end, a small section of the crowd, maybe 2,000 to 3,000, turned against me. And that was it. Inside the club they know… — Bryan Robson
But there were alternative media outlets. Oh sure, and you know who listens to them? Pansy, overeducated know-it-alls, and you know who listens to them?… — Max Brooks
But if the laws are to be so trampled upon with impunity, and a minority is to dictate to the majority, there is an end… — George Washington
Part of Sykes's motive was rooted in religiosity. A devout Catholic, he regarded a return of the ancient tribe of Israel to the Holy Land… — Scott Anderson
The primary function of government is to protect the minority of the opulent from the majority of the poor. — James Madison
The chief deficiency I see in the skeptical movement is its polarization: Us vs. Them - the sense that we have a monopoly on the… — Carl Sagan
I love the ACLU and I'm concerned now, especially when it comes to our rights, with current politics and the religious community and the Conservative… — Debbie Harry
All novels are about certain minorities: the individual is a minority. The universal in the novel-and isn't that what we're all clamoring for these days?-is… — Ralph Ellison
Ideas are a dime a dozen, but people who put them into effect are extremely rare. Be the minority and make it happen! — Brian Tracy
We have begun a throw away culture. This tendency is seen on the level of individuals and whole societies; and it is being promoted! In… — Pope Francis
Many people are being persuaded that they cannot be considered intelligent or well educated if they insist on the doctrine of the verbal inspiration of… — Alan Redpath
I feel worn down as a human being who has to constantly justify their existence to other human beings because I'm a minority — Killer Mike
Throughout the past century there has always existed a significant minority of first-rate biologists who have never been able to bring themselves to accept the… — Michael Denton
And one day our grandkids will ask us, 'What was it like to be a minority?' — Christy Haubegger
I am a super-confident writer, and as a joke writer and as an actress, I'm like, 'I want to go head-to-head with every person.' I… — Mindy Kaling
I love that as a black person I've experienced not being a minority. I think that's helped me to combat the minority mentality people can… — David Oyelowo
We are against the majority tyrannizing the minority. But we are definitely against the minority tyrannizing the majority. — Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Survey data suggest that war has become more unpopular. The majority of the American people now think it was a mistake, in a shift away… — Andrew Greeley
Following the Second World War, we are a country of one ethnicity. After the moving of the borders, after the tragedy of the Holocaust and… — Aleksander Kwasniewski
Given that Mr. Kerry is clearly exaggerating what happened to minority voters in the 2000 election in Florida, maybe we should wait for him to… — John Fund
We had a majority in 1990, 1994, 1996, we lost it every time. You know why? Because we compromised... We don't need a majority. We… — Matt Shea
We must, therefore, emphasize that 'we' are not the government; the government is not 'us.' The government does not in any accurate sense 'represent' the… — Murray Rothbard

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