Majority Quotes
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George Bush was not elected by a majority of the voters in the United States. He was appointed by God.
William G. Boykin
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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
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If the majority of people said I did something wrong, then I must be wrong, and I will think 'I didn't even mean it like that, why are you treating me like this?' But if a lot of people say that I'm wrong and it's not good, then it must be not good. I will say, 'Okay' and then tell myself that this cannot happen again. I have to grasp it and change it for the better.
Lee Seung-hyun Big Bang
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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.
William A. Rusher
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It is always possible for the court to overreach its proper bounds and perhaps declare a lot of laws unconstitutional and frustrate the will of the majority in a way that it ought not be frustrated.
William Rehnquist
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It's very difficult to be different from the rest of the crowd the majority of the time, which by definition is what you're doing if you're a successful trader.
Bill Lipschutz
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The majority of critical, and plenty of uncritical, readers find quotations a bore.
Ethel Smyth
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People say I am eccentric and frail. Well, I may be frail in body and hearing, but I hope my state of mind is as alert as ever it was and I am going to speak my mind as freely as I have ever done. I am a common man and I speak for the common people of England and from the letters I receive, the great majority agree with me.
Alfred Denning, Baron Denning
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To succeed as a contrarian you must recognize what the crowd believes, have concrete justification for why the majority is wrong, and have the patience and conviction to stick with what is, by definition, an unpopular bet.
Whitney Tilson
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There are lots of people who give their all and have that inner glow on. It's a shame that majority of them are under seven years old.
Esa Saarinen
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For the majority of the people it is a difficult place to live. That's a reality that we can't ignore. But there is also great beauty to it.
Edwidge Danticat
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You don't just go with a majority because it's the majority. You go with it because it's right. If it feels right, do it. As long as it's legal.
Joe Elliott Def Leppard
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You can't have a majority party in Minnesota or throughout the country without support from the people in these rural districts. Given the position the Democratic Party has taken, it's very hard to see how you can do that.
Collin Peterson
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The minority must bow to the majority.
Jair Bolsonaro
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There is little doubt that the majority of Mr. Mills supporters in 1865 did not know what his political opinions were, and that they voted for him simply on his reputation as a great thinker.
Millicent Fawcett
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I certainly think that 10 to 20 years from now, clearly the majority of veterinarians will be women.
Richard Adams
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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
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The vast majority (over 80 percent) of fast-food and similar low wage service jobs (<$9.24/hr) are held by adults. A quarter are adults over 40. Another quarter are moms raising kids.
David Rolf
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Vulgarity in a king flatters the majority of the nation.
George Bernard Shaw
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The fact disclosed by a survey of the past that majorities have been wrong must not blind us to the complementary fact that majorities have usually not been entirely wrong.
Herbert Spencer
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The real issue at hand is how God is going to respond to a culture when the majority of the people seek to veto Him.
Tony Evans
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Whenever a female takes a strong stand for herself, the majority of the time they have to really, really narrow it down to being feminine and wearing dresses and just being lipstick chic.
Michelle Rodriguez
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The large majority of the Negroes who have put on the finishing touches of our best colleges are all but worthless in the development of their people.
Carter G. Woodson
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The great majority of those who speak of perfectibility as a dream, do so because they feel that it is one which would afford them no pleasure if it were realized.
John Stuart Mill