Quotes about majority
majority-rule tyranny-of-the-majority minorities
Though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will, to be rightful, must be reasonable. Thomas Jefferson
majority-leader two cnn
It's time for me to give out an award to newly elected Majority Leader John Boehner. Mr. Boehner was elected just a few days ago to reform House Republicans, who are feeling the heat from lobbyist scandals. Well, CNN found out that he rents his two-bedroom apartment from a lobbyist who had clients who had interests in legislation that Boehner sponsored. And for that, Mr. Boehner, you've just won a pair of Stephen Colbert's big brass balls. Stephen Colbert
majority-rule democracy oligarchy
Democracy is premised, in some measure, on majority rule, and democracy is difficult in a situation of concentrated inequalities in which a large, impoverished majority confronts a small, wealthy oligarchy. Samuel P. Huntington
majority-rule fancy unlimited
A lynch mob is [unlimited] Majority Rule stripped of its fancy trappings and its facade of respectability. Robert Ringer
majority
By 2042, whites will no longer be the American majority. Richard Benjamin
majority world shouting
All the wisdom of the world consists of shouting with the majority. Thomas Reed
majority-leader united-states made
Lyndon Johnson, as majority leader of the United States Senate, he made the Senate work Robert Caro
majority definitions
The majority of a society is the true definition of the public. Samuel Johnson
majority-rule politics ethical
The justification of majority rule in politics is not to be found in its ethical superiority. Walter Lippmann
majority judgment enough
In the great majority of cases we simply do not know enough about the industry or company to come to sensible judgments-in that situation we pass. Warren Buffett
majority-rule america years
America was founded on majority rule, not supermajority rule. Somehow, over the years, this has morphed into supermajority rule, and that changes things. Kent Conrad
majority negative negative-and-positive
I had to come from something, come from a place that was negative and positive but the majority of it is a negative place. Kendrick Lamar
majority well-known equal
Some is more equal than others, as is well known. It ain't that your majority is outnumbered, you're just out-surrounded. Walt Kelly
majority needs misconception
The biggest misconception about work is that you need to spend the majority of your time doing it. Tim Ferriss
majority trouble bigs
When you get too big a majority, you're immediately in trouble. Sam Rayburn
majority senate
I'm interested in being part of a majority in the Senate. Roy Blunt
majority able should
A majority of senators should be able to adopt rules at the beginning of each Congress. Tom Udall
majority like-you gender
I see the effects of sexual and gender liberation all around me, just like you do, but I don't have a sense of being in the majority. Susie Bright
majority enough stand-for-something
It's not enough to be in the majority, you have to stand for something. Russ Feingold
majority silent invention
The silent majority, that's actually an invention of Richard Nixon's. Rush Limbaugh
majority population raw-materials
The fact is that seven per cent of the global population emits 50 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions, and the proportions are the same for the use of energy and raw materials, meat, wood, etc. Simply put, an infinitesimal minority consumes the most and imposes damage on the overwhelming majority, while asking it to change. Yann Arthus-Bertrand