Unpopular Quotes

196 quotes by 173 authors

You can only get really unpopular decisions through if the electorate is convinced of the value of the environment. That's what natural history programmes should… — David Attenborough
I have friends who wear Star Wars costumes and act like the characters all day. I may not be that deep into it, but there's… — Kristen Bell
To a contrarian like me, constant advice not to do something almost always starts me quickly down the risky, unpopular path. — Michael Bloomberg
Free speech is meant to protect unpopular speech. Popular speech, by definition, needs no protection. — Neal Boortz
I don't want to tell President Obama how to make a speech. He's a much better speech maker than I am. But I think always… — Jimmy Carter
Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This is really the… — Winston Churchill
Princes should delegate to others the enactment of unpopular measures and keep in their own hands the means of winning favours. — Niccolo Machiavelli
BUT MY RECENT RESEARCH HAS SHOWN ME THAT FEMINISM HAS BECOME AN UNPOPULAR WORD. WOMEN ARE CHOOSING NOT TO IDENTIFY AS FEMINISTS. — Emma Watson
The right to criticize: the right to hold unpopular beliefs; the right to protest; the right of independent thought. The exercise of these rights should… — Margaret Chase Smith
Many businesses with unpopular products or inefficient production find it much easier to curry the favor of a few influential politicians or a government agency… — Charles Koch
Liquor - you can make it illegal but you can't make it unpopular. — Arthur Baer
I have a reputation for giving unpopular answers at Democratic debates. I never used marijuana. Sorry! — Joe Lieberman
Even when we know what is right, too often we fail to act. More often we grab greedily for the day, letting tomorrow bring what… — Bernard Baruch
You've got to ensure that the holders of an opinion, however unpopular, are allowed to put across their points of view. — Unknown Author
The definition of strong leadership is not about making decisions that are popular. Making popular decisions is easy - you don't need to be a… — Henry Blodget
Those of us who shout the loudest about Americanism, are all too frequently those who . . . ignore some of the basic principles of… — Margaret Chase Smith
When some portion of the biosphere is rather unpopular with the human race-a crocodile, a dandelion, a stony valley, a snowstorm, an odd-shaped flint-there are… — Mary Midgley
I decided I was a feminist and this seemed uncomplicated to me. But my recent research has shown me that feminism has become an unpopular… — Emma Watson
Censorship laws are blunt instruments, not sharp scalpels. Once enacted, they are easily misapplied to merely unpopular or only marginally dangerous speech. — Alan Dershowitz
It may be unpopular and out-of-date to say-but I do not think that a scientific result which gives us a better understanding of the world… — Alfred Tarski

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