Abraham Lincoln Quotes
If by the mere force of numbers a majority should deprive a minority of any clearly written constitutional right, it might, in a moral point of view, justify revolution.
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Scandinavia was awash with Maoism in the '70s. Sweden had Maoist groups with a combined membership and periphery of several thousand members, but it was Norway where Maoism became a genuine popular force and hegemonic in the culture.
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I would heartily welcome the union of East and West provided it is not based on brute force.
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Just about the entirety of the first album, 'Brown Sugar,' I wrote it, the majority of that record in my bedroom in Richmond. And all of the demos for it were done on a four-track in my bedroom. I think EMI was a little leery of me being in the studio producing it on my own, which is what I was fighting for.
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If I could kidnap Bryan Doyle-Murray and force him to be in my family, I would. I love him; I really do.
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One with the law is a majority.
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The vast majority of free verse is ghastly. Utterly ghastly. No one reads it. No one listens to it.
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The yogi should meditate on a firm seat, one that is clean - untainted by dirt or unspiritual vibrations of others. The thought or life force emanating from an individual saturates the objects he uses and his dwelling.
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Minority views expressed in films simply don't sell tickets.
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Our patience will achieve more than our force.
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Like one of any minority, I have experienced prejudice.
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The Jews are the living embodiment of the minority, the constant reminder of what duties societies owe their minorities, whoever they might be.
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No dictator, no invader, can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.
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The only kind of coercion I recommend is mutual coercion, mutually agreed upon by the majority of the people affected.
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Stupid is a great force in human affairs.
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One on God's side is a majority.
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Love is a force more formidable than any other. It is invisible - it cannot be seen or measured, yet it is powerful enough to transform you in a moment, and offer you more joy than any material possession could.
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You must make sure that the majority of the people are not marginalized.
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There's no substitute to actually being in the room and having people in the room feel the force of your audition. It's very hard to beat that.
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Do you realize that at the moment we have Barry Goldwater fighting the Moral Majority, with The New York Times rooting for Goldwater? Times have changed.
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When something in life occurs that is troubling, we are supposed to not dwell on the thing itself. Instead, the focus should be on our obligation to turn this bad thing into something beautiful. It's not easy. But, if you focus your creative energy away from self-torture and onto ‘how you can turn this into something beautiful’ pretty remarkable things start to happen.
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I went looking for trouble, and I found it.
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Even the development of the steam engine owed but little to the advancement of science.
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If by the mere force of numbers a majority should deprive a minority of any clearly written constitutional right, it might, in a moral point of view, justify revolution.
