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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sometimes great injustices may be inflicted on the minority when the majority is in the pursuit of a great and just cause. — Paul Robeson

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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