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Letter "M" » majority
«That the desires of the majority of the people are often for injustice and inhumanity against the minority, is demonstrated by every page of the history of the whole world»
Author: John Adams
(President)
| About:
Majority,
Minority
| Keywords:
demonstrated, demonstrates, demonstrating, desires, History of, History of the, inhumanity, injustice, injustices, majority, minority, page, The History, The History of
«It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds»
«People often say that, in a democracy, decisions are made by a majority of the people. Of course, that is not true. Decisions are made by a majority of those who make themselves heard and who vote - a very different thing.»
«It doesn't take a majority to make a rebellion; it takes only a few determined leaders and a sound cause.»
Author: Henry Louis Mencken
(Critic, Journalist)
| Keywords:
a few, determined, leaders, majority, rebellion, Rebellions, sound, the rebellion
«One, on God's side, is a majority»
«One is a majority if he is right.»
«There must be no majority decisions, but only responsible persons, and the word 'council' must be restored to its original meaning. Surely every man will have advisers by his side, but the decision will be made by one man.»
Author: Adolf Hitler
(Chancellor)
| Keywords:
adviser, advisers, be restored, council, council of, decision, decisions, majority, one-man, original, original meaning, persons, restored, restores, restoring, surely
«There is no nonsense so arrant that it cannot be made the creed of the vast majority by adequate governmental action»
Author: Bertrand Russell
(Logician, Philosopher)
| Keywords:
action, adequate, adequate to, arrant, creed, governmental, made, majorities, majority, no-nonsense, nonsense, There is no, vast, Vaster, vastest
«In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place.»
Author: Mahatma Gandhi
(Philosopher)
| About:
Law and lawyers
| Keywords:
Law of the, majority, The Law
«So long as the great majority of men are not deprived of either property or honor, they are satisfied»
Author: Niccolo Machiavelli
| Keywords:
deprived, deprived of, deprives, majority, property, satisfied, so long
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