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. Marcus Aurelius Roman Emperor More Marcus Aurelius Quotes 5
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. Marcus Aurelius Roman Emperor More Marcus Aurelius Quotes 3
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. Tucker Carlson American Journalist More Tucker Carlson Quotes 2
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). Ayn Rand Russian Writer More Ayn Rand Quotes 1
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. Lion Feuchtwanger German Novelist More Lion Feuchtwanger Quotes 1
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. Giordano Bruno Italian Philosopher More Giordano Bruno Quotes 1
The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience. Harper Lee American Novelist More Harper Lee Quotes 1
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. Mark Twain American Author More Mark Twain Quotes 1
Than Shwe is now 18 years governing the country and remains deeply unloved by the majority of the population. That's amazing. Aung Zaw More Aung Zaw Quotes 1
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. Jonathan James More Jonathan James Quotes 1
The majority are surviving their illnesses and going on into adulthood. Brent Goodrich More Brent Goodrich Quotes 1
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. Debbie Harry American Musician More Debbie Harry Quotes 1
The only kind of coercion I recommend is mutual coercion, mutually agreed upon by the majority of the people affected. Garrett Hardin American Environmentalist More Garrett Hardin Quotes 0
I would sooner play in a good British picture than in the majority of American pictures I have seen. Glynis Johns British Actress More Glynis Johns Quotes 0
The restriction of religion to private life therefore does not necessarily threaten the vital interests of the majority religion, if there is one, and it protects minority religions from tyranny of the majority. Phillip E. Johnson American Educator More Phillip E. Johnson Quotes 0
We are the only ones who really can care about the preservation Foreigners who come to excavate, maybe some of them care about preservation, but the majority care about discoveries. Zahi Hawass Egyptian Scientist More Zahi Hawass Quotes 0
We in the majority have worked hard to empower people to create opportunities, to make jobs, to do things that turn America into a place where people can achieve their dreams. Robin Hayes American Politician More Robin Hayes Quotes 0
I guess the President says the majority of the people didn't elect him, he doesn't have to listen to 'em anyway. Star Jones American Entertainer More Star Jones Quotes 0
Furthermore, it is not distorting history to say that it was largely through the efforts and propaganda of our International Federation that the government of the U.S.S.R. was recognized by the majority of the great powers. Leon Jouhaux French Leader More Leon Jouhaux Quotes 0
Before success comes in any man's life, he's sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That's exactly what the majority of men do. Napoleon Hill American Writer More Napoleon Hill Quotes 0
A dissenting minority feels free only when it can impose its will on the majority: what it abominates most is the dissent of the majority. Eric Hoffer American Writer More Eric Hoffer Quotes 0
The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail. Napoleon Hill American Writer More Napoleon Hill Quotes 0
The game of history is usually played by the best and the worst over the heads of the majority in the middle. Eric Hoffer American Writer More Eric Hoffer Quotes 0
Instead of comparing our lot with that of those who are more fortunate than we are, we should compare it with the lot of the great majority of our fellow men. It then appears that we are among the privileged. Helen Keller American Author More Helen Keller Quotes 0
Why, so soon as French Canadians, who are in a minority in this House and in the country, were to organise as a political party, they would compel the majority to organise as a political party, and the result must be disastrous to themselves. Wilfrid Laurier Canadian Statesman More Wilfrid Laurier Quotes 0