Majority Quotes
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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.
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The great majority of people are calm, resourceful, altruistic or even beyond altruistic, as they risk themselves for others. We improvise the conditions of survival beautifully.
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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.
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One of the reasons I'm drawn to civil libertarianism as opposed to communitarianism is that I don't worry so much about the rights of the majority; a majority is quite capable of enforcing and protecting its own rights.
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The vast majority of Greeks accept the need for reform and want to keep our country inside the euro zone.
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The majority of critical, and plenty of uncritical, readers find quotations a bore.
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While Zinoviev is in the majority he is for iron discipline.... When he is in the minority... he is against it.
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The majority decision constitutionalizes a distinction between a red leather pouch and a paper bag that is necessarily based at least in some part on economic and class differences and perceptions.
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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.
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I wonder at what point do you stop doing what you think is right and you start doing what the majority of the American people want?
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I am joining the people's football club. The majority of people you meet on the street are Everton fans
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Oh, yes--you can shout me down, I know! But you cannot answer me. The majority has might on its side--unfortunately; but right it has not.
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Our world loses out when the leadership doesn't reflect the led - when a minority makes decisions for the majority.
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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.
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The biggest misconception about work is that you need to spend the majority of your time doing it.
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Today, for many people, being a union member simply means paying dues, but in the early days there were so few of us that if a majority of the members were not active, the union ceased to exist.
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The fundamental principle of our constitution ... enjoins the sense of command, duty that the will of the majority shall prevail.
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The majority is wicked.
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I believe that the only alternative Israel has to save itself as a Jewish state - and let's be frank about that: the Jewish state is predicated on having a Jewish majority - the only way we can do that is by unilaterally withdrawing our border and withdrawing our settlements in the West Bank.
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A majority can do anything.
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The majority of players are looking for reasons to fold. I am looking for reasons to play.
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So war is an extremely sad business, because the majority of people don't want to be in it.
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To sustain a governing majority, that requires an ability for Republicans and Democrats to find some common ground. And right now, the structure of the system is such where it makes it really hard for people to work together.
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How many times will this Congress waste time on an issue that a majority of Americans do not want?
