Majority Quotes

The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.

We are too much accustomed to attribute to a single cause that which is the product of several, and the majority of our controversies come from that.

It is proof of a base and low mind for one to wish to think with the masses or majority, merely because the majority is the majority. Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people.

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 of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by majorities (and the smallest minority on earth is the individual).

I have no way of knowing how people really feel, but the vast majority of those I meet couldn't be nicer. Every once in a while someone barks at me. My New Year's resolution is not to bark back.

Both the historian and the novelist view history as the struggle of a tiny minority, able and determined to make judgments, which is up against a vast and densely packed majority of the blind, who are led by their instincts and unable to think for themselves.

The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

Than Shwe is now 18 years governing the country and remains deeply unloved by the majority of the population. That's amazing.

Patients find respect and a comfort level here. The majority of people who come here really struggle with just life. Imagine what it's like to be tense all the time worrying about everything constantly.

It's like the Good Housekeeping seal of approval for technology. The majority of companies that we compete against are also at this level, so today it's sort of the ticket to the dance. A client is going to check off a variety of boxes when they are analyzing whether to work with a company and this has become, while important, another thing to check off.

Truth always rests with the minority, and the minority is always stronger than the majority, because the minority is generally formed by those who really have an opinion, while the strength of a majority is illusory, formed by the gangs who have no opinion -- and who, therefore, in the next instant (when it is evident that the minority is the stronger) assume its opinion... while truth again reverts to a new minority.

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 majority or minority - I don't know who they are.

They must respect the verdict of the majority.

In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority is supreme.

While no one doubts the majority of illegal immigrants from Mexico are simply looking for work or a better way of life, the sheer volume of illegal crossings offers ample opportunities for those who might have other plans.

It's unprecedented, a shameful act in my opinion. That's evidence of a majority that's been in power way too long. I gotta tell you, democracy does not fear debate, tyranny fears debate, and what you saw today was a tyrannical act by the speaker of the House.

When one is required to preside over the Church, and be entrusted with the care of so many souls, the whole female sex must retire before the magnitude of the task, and the majority of men also.

We tell them that we believe it will be beautiful because that is our specialty, we only create joy and beauty. We have never done a sad work. Through the drawings, we hope a majority will be able to visualize it.

I will absolutely not support this motion. The government enjoys support, we have a parliamentary majority, so why all the manipulation?

The source of the vast majority of spam doesn't come from legitimate business entities. They [the plans] don't actually prevent spam, and they ask legitimate senders to pay for the sins of the real spammers.

And the vast majority are occurring as a result of unprotected heterosexual sex .

At first the majority of the people were angry because they felt like they were being forced to quit.

The majority of our petitions were already filed before today, so it was really quite quiet. We had some company, but basically they were incumbents who had no opposition, holding their breath for the deadline. That was all the company we had.

While women are still the majority of shoppers, I think men hold out a hope for a better retail year.