Day Quote by John Quincy Adams

I figured it is always better to be unpopular by your own choice.

— Tom Upton

I think that most of us would prefer to be popular than unpopular.

— Desmond Tutu

I have always been of the opinion that unpopularity earned by doing what is right is not unpopularity at all, but glory.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

I have a little experience in doing things that are unpopular.

— Paul DePodesta

My esoteric doctrine, is that if you entertain any doubt, it is safest to take the unpopular side in the first instance. Transit from…

— Anonymous

I have never made it a consideration whether the subject was popular or unpopular, but whether it was right or wrong; for that which…

— Thomas Paine

Unpopularity is a excellent salve to the conscience; it is delicious to be misunderstood.

— Stella Benson

I know it is unpopular. I know the timing is unpopular. I know the whole thing is unpopular. But I believe it is the…

— Adolf Hitler

Being unpopular is never easy; but being unpopular in a good cause is a shield against despair.

— Roger Scruton

It's not easy to do the unpopular thing.

— Eric Reid

It is our duty to concentrate all our influence to make popular that which is sound and good, and unpopular that which is unsound.

— Joseph Smith, Jr

In universities and intellectual circles, academics can guarantee themselves popularity -- or, which is just as satisfying, unpopularity -- by being opinionated rather than…

— A. N. Wilson