Minorities Quotes - Page 2

• The reason that minorities and women dont have a better shot at getting elected to the Senate or to statewide office is because the campaign finance rules are so skewed as to make it very difficult for non-traditional candidates to raise the money necessary to get elected.

  Carol Moseley Braun

  Office, Campaigns, Campaign Finance

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• 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.

  Soren Kierkegaard

  Workout, Truth, Inspiration

  "The Diary of Soren Kierkegaard" by Soren Kierkegaard, pt. 5, sct. 3, no 128, 1850.

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• When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong.

  Eugene V. Debs

  Freedom, Democracies Have, Majority Rule

  Speech at trial, Cleveland, Ohio, 12 Sept. 1918 See Ibsen 16; Sydney Smith 14

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• I'm not a member of a minority but I can empathize with what's going on.

  Matthew Vaughn

  Members, I Can

  "Director Matthew Vaughn talks Layer Cake and X-Men 3". Interview with Julian Roman, movieweb.com. May 10, 2005.

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• Every new opinion, at its starting, is precisely in a minority of one.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Opinion, Starting

  Thomas Carlyle (2014). “The Selected Works of Thomas Carlyle”, p.133, Lulu.com

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• The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking.

  A. A. Milne

  Happiness, Integrity, Thinking

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• The minority, the ruling class at present, has the schools and press, usually the Church as well, under its thumb. This enables it to organize and sway the emotions of the masses, and make its tool of them.

  Albert Einstein

  School, Class, Political

  Albert Einstein (2017). “Einstein on Peace”, p.277, Pickle Partners Publishing

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• The minority yields to the majority!

  Deng Xiaoping

  Yield, Majority, Majority And Minority

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Never be afraid to stand with the minority when the minority is right, for the minority which is right will one day be the majority.

  William Jennings Bryan

  One Day, Majority

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• People who are interested in the arts and theater are such a minority.

  Carol Kane

  Art, People, Theater

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• Jazz is not the popular culture. Jazz is in the same position in our culture as classical music. A very small minority of people really love it.

  John Corigliano

  People, Culture, Jazz

  "The Gospel According To John Corigliano". Interview with Frank J. Oteri, www.newmusicbox.org. February 01, 2005.

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• Niggerization is the result of oppression -- and it doesn't just apply to the black people. Old people, poor people, and students can also get niggerized.

  Florynce Kennedy

  People, Black, Students

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• Women and minorities have excelled beautifully in comedy, but very few women are the lead in a drama.

  Sharon Gless

  Drama, Comedy, Lead In

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• Liberals believe they own the franchise on minorities and can't stand any Hispanic or black who breaks rank.

  Linda Chavez

  Believe, Black, Literature

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• Look at television and how comparatively few minorities are out there.

  Gedde Watanabe

  Looks, Television

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• The white people of the South are the greatest minority in this nation. They deserve consideration and understanding instead of the persecution of twisted propaganda.

  Strom Thurmond

  White, People, Understanding

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• A minority is powerless while it conforms to the majority; it is not even a minority then; but it is irresistible when it clogs by its whole weight.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Power, Majority, Weight

  Henry David Thoreau (1942). “Civil Disobedience”, p.11, Hayes Barton Press

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• Truth always originates in a minority of one, and every custom begins as a broken precedent.

  Will Durant

  Broken Heart, Truth, Precedent

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• The minority is always stronger than the majority, because the minority is generally formed by those who really have an opinion.

  Soren Kierkegaard

  Stronger, Majority, Opinion

  "The Diary of Soren Kierkegaard" by Soren Kierkegaard, pt. 5, sct. 3, no 128, 1850.

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• Though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will, to be rightful, must be reasonable.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Majority Rule, Tyranny Of The Majority, Civil Rights

  First Inaugural Address, 4 Mar. 1801

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• We cannot discuss the state of our minorities until we first have a sense of what we are, who we are, what our goals are, and what we take life to be.

  James A. Baldwin

  Goal, Who We Are, Firsts

  "Gay Rights Speech: What Should Obama Say Tonight?" by Jose Antonio Vargas, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.

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• I try hard to convince them it's important - but there's a history of discomfort with minorities voting in some parts of this country, so most especially the older people have to get accustomed to it.

  Eddie Bernice Johnson

  Country, People, Voting

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• A minority is powerless while it conforms to the majority.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Majority, Catchy, Conform

  Henry David Thoreau (1942). “Civil Disobedience”, p.11, Hayes Barton Press

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• When a violent minority that crosses color lines comes to believe that killing those you know or do not know is a reasonable solution to problems, we are in need of another vision.

  Stanley Crouch

  Believe, Color, Vision

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• When you put a tiny and despised minority up for a popular vote, the minority usually loses.

  Andrew Sullivan

  Popular Vote, Tiny, Despised

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