“California has become the first American state where there is no majority race, and we're doing just fine. If you look around the room, you can see a microcosm of what we can do in the world. . . . You should be hopeful on balance about the future. But it's like any future since the beginning of time -- you're going to have to make it.” IfsWorldShouldFirstsLooksStatesCan DoRoomsRaceFineBalanceMajorityCaliforniaHopefulMicrocosm Author:William J. Clinton
“For almost 50 years polls have shown that a large majority of the public believe that the budget should be balanced, and for all that time they have elected office seekers who would not balance it. The public cares about deficits, but doesn't care much.” ShouldYearsBelieveCareBalanceOfficeMajorityBudgetsBalancedDeficitPollsAmerican PoliticsSeekers Author:Herbert Stein
“I think again we're way out of balance. We've got to rein in what has become almost an article of faith that almost anybody can have a gun anywhere at any time. And I don't believe that is in the best interest of the vast majority of people.” PeopleThinkingWayBelieveInterestBalanceGunMajorityDon't BelieveArticlesReins Author:Hillary Clinton
“As the House is designed to provide a reflection of the mood of the moment, the Senate is meant to reflect the continuity of the past--to preserve the delicate balance of justice between the majority's whims and the minority's rights.” MomentsGovernmentPastHousePoliticsJusticeRightsBalanceReflectionMajorityEqualityMoodPreservesMinoritiesSenateDelicateContinuityWhim Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“The vast majority of Muslim residents of the United Kingdom voted to stay in the EU. And the balance of the British population voted to leave the European Union.” UnitedBalanceMajorityUnionsPopulationBritishKingdomsEuropean UnionResidentsUnited Kingdom Author:Rush Limbaugh
“It's precisely because America is not a democracy that we have survived! It's precisely because majority rule does have checks and balances on it. It's precisely because this is a representative republic that we have survived.” DoeAmericaDemocracyBalanceMajorityChecksRepublicRepresentativesSurvivedMajority Rule Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I think if you look at the statistics and you deal with fake media - and fake media and distorted media is a continuum - the vast majority of the population says, "I don't know what to believe." There are no checks and balances in quality control.” IfsThinkingKnowsBelieveLooksDealsQualityMediaBalanceMajorityPopulationChecksFakeStatisticsContinuumQuality Control Author:Ray Dalio
“Sometimes I aint so sho who's got ere a right to say when a man is crazy and when he aint. Sometimes I think it aint none of us pure crazy and aint none of us pure sane until the balance of us talks him that-a-way. It's like it aint so much what a fellow does, but it's the way the majority of folks is looking at him when he does it.” ThinkingMenWayDoeSometimesCrazyBalancePureFellowsMajorityFolksSane Book:Faulkner's county: tales of Yoknapatawpha county Source: Faulkner's county: tales of Yoknapatawpha county