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I became aware of my destiny: to belong to the critical minority as opposed to the unquestioning majority. — Sigmund Freud

Democrats may be in the minority in Congress, but we speak for the majority of Americans. — Edward Kennedy

Of course, the aim of a constitutional democracy is to safeguard the rights of the minority and avoid the tyranny of the majority. (p. 102) — Cornel West

If the measures which have been pursued are approved by the majority, it is the duty of the minority to acquiesce and conform. — Thomas Jefferson

A minority may be right, and a majority is always wrong. — Henrik Ibsen

It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds. — Samuel Adams

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect). — Mark Twain

It is no less the duty of the minority than a majority to endeavour to defend the country. — John C. Calhoun

I would rather be in minority and be right, than in the majority and wrong. — Jodi Picoult

A majority opinion does not represent the ultimate decision because such a view is not unanimous and lacks general will. — Duop Chak Wuol

Democracy is not the law of the majority but the protection of the minority. — Albert Camus

The political machine triumphs because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority. — Will Durant

The majority of everything has always been judged and manipulated by and on a minority's deeds — Deon Potgieter

It has always been inevitable that, living as a small minority among a Christian majority, some Jews would convert to Christianity. — David Novak

The minority evolves whereas the majority just revolves — S.E. Sever

A dissenting minority feels free only when it can impose its will on the majority: what it abominates most is the dissent of the majority. — Eric Hoffer

When you are in the minority, talk; when you are in the majority, vote. — Roger Sherman

I'm used to being in the minority. I'm a left-handed gay Jew. I've never felt, automatically, a member of any majority. — Barney Frank

Do you see any majority, anywhere, in this imperfect and irreligious world, admitting that the minority is precious? That any minority is precious? — Katharine Fullerton Gerould

The majority in a democracy has no more right to tyrannize over a minority than, under a different system, the latter would to oppress the former. — Theodore Roosevelt

The majority is not society, is not everyone. Majority coercion over the minority is still coercion. — Murray Rothbard

Dictatorship of the majority over the minority would be an encroachment on the rights of the individual and their prerogative to personal freedom. — Newton Lee

As long as men are free to speak, a small, rational minority will always prevail over an irrational majority. — Ayn Rand

No minority should climb all over the majority. — Lech Walesa

In politics, an organized minority is a political majority. — Jesse Jackson

Our world loses out when the leadership doesn't reflect the led - when a minority makes decisions for the majority. — Amy Richards

The majority of what you want will come from the minority of what you do. — Gary Keller

I hate that the actions of a minority can influence the opinions of a majority. — Sarah Ayoub

It does not take a majority to prevail ... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men. — Samuel Adams

When you're the single French person in the middle of 10 Tunisians, the majority will impose their way of life on the minority. — Marion Marechal-Le Pen

I've been a speaker. I've been a majority leader. I've been a minority leader. Those are the sort of things I don't need any more. — Dan Webster

[The Senate] ought to be so constituted as to protect the minority of the opulent against the majority. — James Madison

The purpose of the Constitution is to restrict the majority's ability to harm a minority. — James Madison

The minority of one generation is usually the majority of the next. — Gertrude Atherton

It matter so little to the majority of living beings what the minority, that calls itself human, desires or decides. — E.M.Foster

when you are a small minority and you own the majority's wealth, security is naturally a primary consideration. — Kim Stanley Robinson

Among creatures born into chaos, a majority will imagine an order, a minority will question the order, and the rest will be pronounced insane. — Robert Breault

The minority of a country is never known to agree, except in its efforts to reduce and oppress the majority. — James F. Cooper

The majority is always wrong; the minority is rarely right. — Henrik Ibsen

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