Silent Majority Quotes

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

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  Mark Twain (2016). “The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain”, p.97, Chartwell

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• 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

  Life, Depression, Insanity

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• A silent majority and government by the people is incompatible.

  Tom Hayden

  Government, People, Majority

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• Whether we consider Nazi Germany or Abu Ghraib prison, there were many people who observed what was happening and said nothing. At Abu Ghraib, one photo shows two soldiers smiling before a pyramid of naked prisoners while a dozen other soldiers stand around watching passively. If you observe such abuses and don't say, "This is wrong! Stop it!" you give tacit approval to continue. You are part of the silent majority that makes evil deeds more acceptable.

  Philip Zimbardo

  Two, Pyramids, Evil

  "The Banality of Heroism" by Zeno Franco, Philip Zimbardo, greatergood.berkeley.edu. September 1, 2006.

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• When the silent majority opens its mouth, it is usually to yawn.

  Gerd de Ley

  Inspirational, Funny, Majority

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• The media is putting a lot of emphasis on the few people that are destroying, while it won't report on the silent majority of people who are constructing, building and trying to find their way.

  Tariq Ramadan

  Media, People, Trying

  "'You want my reaction? You get my silence.'". Interview with Lars Mensel and Clemens Lukitsch, www.theeuropean-magazine.com. November 19, 2012.

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• Now, ["silent majority"] hasn't been used in a long time because I guess it is associated somewhat with [Richard] Nixon. But honestly it's two words, that when you put together describe what is happening very well. There's a group of people, great people in this country that have been disenfranchised. Their country has been taken away from them.

  Donald Trump

  Country, Taken, Two

  "The Economist interviews Donald Trump". www.economist.com. September 3, 2015.

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• Remember, always give your best. Never get discouraged. Never be petty. Always remember, others may hate you. But those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.

  Richard M. Nixon

  Fear, Hate, Winning

  Address to members of administration on leaving office as president, 9 Aug. 1974

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• I believe that if the silent majority were to protest against those who believe in irrational blind faith - who want to go backwards instead of forward, who are for tradition not innovation, who oppose individualism and plurality of thought - then the world would become a truly civilized world in which to live.

  Taslima Nasrin

  Believe, Innovation, Majority

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• Those who hate you don't win unless you hate them back.

  Richard M. Nixon

  Hate, Winning, Hatred

  Address to members of administration on leaving office as president, 9 Aug. 1974

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• Self-censorship as a result of intimidation or social pressures, sometimes referred to as "political correctness", constitutes a serious obstacle to the proper functioning of democracy. It is important to hear the views of all persons,including the "silent majority", and to give heed to the weaker voices.

  Alfred-Maurice de Zayas

  Self, Views, Voice

  Interim report of the Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order, August 9, 2012.

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• The words "silent majority" are very descriptive of what is happening with me.

  Donald Trump

  Majority, Silent, Happenings

  "The Economist interviews Donald Trump". www.economist.com. September 3, 2015.

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• People who are against hate are not a fringe minority, not even a silent majority, but are a silenced majority, silenced by the corporate media.

  Amy Goodman

  Hate, Media, People

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• It does not do to rely too much on silent majorities, Evey, for silence is a fragile thing, one loud noise, and its gone. But the people are so cowed and disorganised. A few might take the opportunity to protest, but it'll just be a voice crying in the wilderness. Noise is relative to the silence preceding it. The more absolute the hush, the more shocking the thunderclap. Our masters have not heard the people's voice for generations, Evey and it is much, much louder than they care to remember.

  Alan Moore

  Opportunity, Voice, People

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• Let us understand: North Vietnam cannot defeat or humiliate the United States. Only Americans can do that.

  Richard M. Nixon

  Military, Vietnam, United States

  Address to the Nation on theWar in Vietnam, 3 Nov. 1969

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• The great silent majority.

  Richard M. Nixon

  Presidential, Majority, Silent

  Address to the Nation on VietnamWar, 3 Nov. 1969. The term silent majority is found as early as 1870, when the Economist (19 Nov.) referred to "the silent majority which so seldom appears at the polls." See Petronius 2; Edward Young 1

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• Tonight - to you, the great silent majority of my fellow Americans - I ask for your support.

  Richard M. Nixon

  Support, Majority, Tonight

  Address to the Nation on VietnamWar, 3 Nov. 1969. The term silent majority is found as early as 1870, when the Economist (19 Nov.) referred to "the silent majority which so seldom appears at the polls." See Petronius 2; Edward Young 1

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• This is a movement. This is not Trump. This is not anything. This is a movement. Remember, it is a movement. We used to say silent majority. It`s not a silent majority, it`s really a noisy majority.

  Donald Trump

  Majority, Movement, Remember

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• I've heard the term ["silent majority"], but for the last 20 years I really haven't heard the term. But I went to a rally in Alabama, and there were 31,000 people there, you've seen it, you've read about it. And I looked and I said, this is the silent majority. Though they weren't silent, because they want to see proper change, not [Barack] Obama change.

  Donald Trump

  Years, People, Majority

  Source: www.economist.com

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• Feminism has never emerged from the women who are most victimized by sexist oppression; women who are daily beaten down, mentally, physically, and spiritually - women who are powerless to change their condition in life. They are a silent majority.

  Bell Hooks

  Feminism, Majority, Oppression

  bell hooks (2014). “Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center”, p.18, Routledge

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• There is a limit to the success of conservative populism and the exploitation of "little guy" or "silent majority" rhetoric, and it is very often reached because of the emaciated, corrupted personalities of the demagogues themselves.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Personality, Guy, Majority

  Christopher Hitchens (2014). “For the Sake of Argument: Essays and Minority Reports”, p.271, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• The silent majority, that's actually an invention of Richard Nixon's.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Majority, Silent, Invention

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• Let historians not record that when America was the most powerful nation in the world we passed on the other side of the road and allowed the last hopes for peace and freedom of millions of people to be suffocated by the forces of totalitarianism. And so tonightto you, the great silent majority of my fellow AmericansI ask for your support.

  Richard M. Nixon

  Peace, Powerful, America

  Address to the Nation on VietnamWar, 3 Nov. 1969. The term silent majority is found as early as 1870, when the Economist (19 Nov.) referred to "the silent majority which so seldom appears at the polls." See Petronius 2; Edward Young 1

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• The silent majority really is a liberal majority, even though the word liberal has taken a real beating over the last 20 years by radical conservatives.

  Robert Reich

  Real, Taken, Years

  "Robert Reich's Call to 'Reason'". BuzzFlash Interview, www.alternet.org. June 16, 2004.

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