“In the national debate about a serious issue, it is the expression of the minority's viewpoint that most demands the protection of the First Amendment. Whatever the better policy may be, a full and frank discussion of the costs and benefits of the attempt to prohibit the use of marijuana is far wiser than suppression of speech because it is unpopular.” FirstsMayUseIssuesPolicySeriousExpressionCostDemandSpeechBenefitsProtectionDebateDiscussionMinoritiesMarijuanaAmendmentsFrankFreedom Of SpeechWiserFirst AmendmentViewpointsSuppressionSerious Issues Author:John Paul Stevens
“[The Democrats] will say that the Reagan administrtion has given benefits to the rich at the expense of the poor - a term that they define broadly to include middle-income people, women, minorities, the aged, the young, farmers, steelworkers, and others.” PeopleYoungGivenTermPoorRichMiddleBenefitsDemocratIncomeMinoritiesExpensesFarmersAmerican Politics Author:Herbert Stein
“If an action must be taken that will benefit the majority at the cost of the minority, is it morally indefensible? If an action taken for the benefit of a majority occurs at the expense of a minority, is it moral action?” IfsActionMoralTakenCostBenefitsMajorityMinoritiesExpensesMoral Action Author:Garth Nix
“We have not done the things that are necessary to lower emissions because those things fundamentally conflict with deregulated capitalism. ... We are stuck because the actions that would give us the best chance of averting catastrophe - and would benefit the vast majority - are extremely threatening to an elite minority that has a stranglehold over our economy, our political process, and most of our major media outlets.” GivingDoneActionPoliticalProcessChanceEconomyMediaConflictBenefitsMajorsCapitalismMajorityClimate ChangeStuckMinoritiesElitesCatastropheThreateningOutletsEmissions Author:Naomi Klein
“Chief Justice Roberts has expressly said that the Constitution and the government should be colorblind, he sees no difference between government action that discriminates against minorities and one that benefits minorities.” ShouldSaidGovernmentActionDifferencesJusticeBenefitsConstitutionChiefsMinoritiesChief Justice Author:Erwin Chemerinsky
“Extraordinary benefits accrue to the tiny minority of people who are able to push just a tiny bit longer than most.” PeopleAbleBitsBenefitsExtraordinaryTinyMinorities Author:Seth
“If the present American laws concerning the taxation of the profits of corporations, the incomes of individuals, and inheritances had been introduced about 60 years ago, all those new products whose consumption has raised the standard of living of the 'common man' would either not be produced at all or only in small quantities for the benefit of a minority. The Ford enterprises would not exist if Henry Ford's profits had been taxed away as soon as they came into being.” IfsMenYearsLawIndividualCommonProductsBenefitsStandardsYears AgoRaisedProfitIncomeCorporationsEnterpriseMinoritiesQuantityConsumptionTaxationInheritanceStandards Of LivingCommon ManNew ProductsAmerican Law Author:Ludwig von Mises
“One of the benefits of a properly functioning democracy is minority rights and majority rule.” DemocracyRightsBenefitsMajorityMinoritiesMajority Rule Author:Noam Chomsky
“It is one of the saddest spectacles of our time to see a great democratic movement support a policy which must lead to the destruction of democracy and which meanwhile can benefit only a minority of the masses who support it. Yet it is this support from the Left of the tendencies toward monopoly which make them so irresistible and the prospects of the future so dark.” LeftDarkSupportDemocracyPolicyMovementBenefitsMassDestructionDemocraticTendenciesOur TimeMinoritiesMonopolyIrresistibleSaddestProspectsSpectacles Author:Friedrich August von Hayek
“We tell market researchers that we don't mind paying more for green benefits but only a minority of zealots ever really will. A campaign that delivers more widespread green behaviour is going to need to be cleverer that that.” NeedsMindBusinessBenefitsGreenCampaignsMinoritiesBehaviourResearchersZealot Author:Chris Powell