“We [on the left] have to be used to being a minority -- a small minority -- for some time to come. The odd thing is that the right, even when it is in power, likes to think of itself as an embattled minority against this elite that somehow runs everything. Whereas the left, even when it has no power at all, likes to imagine it somehow represents the majority of people. These are mirror-image delusions.” PeopleThinkingRunningUsedLeftImagineMirrorsMajorityLikesOddMinoritiesDelusionElitesOdd ThingsMirror Image Author:Barbara Ehrenreich
“In order to forgive reason for the evil it has wrought on the majority of men, we must imagine for ourselves what man would be without his reason. 'Tis a necessary evil.” MenReasonWould BeOrderEvilImagineMajorityForgivingNecessary Evil Book:The Cynic's Breviary: Maxims and Anecdotes from Nicolas de Chamfort Source: The Cynic's Breviary: Maxims and Anecdotes from Nicolas de Chamfort
“If the corrupt Jordanian monarchy were overthrown, it would be the ideal opportunity to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, because the West Bank and Jordan could then be united. There is already a Palestinian majority in Jordan, and there is enough room for everyone there. That would be the best revolution I could imagine.” IfsEnoughWould BeOpportunityUnitedRoomsImagineRevolutionConflictIdealsMajorityWestSolveBeing The BestPalestinianIsraeliMonarchyJordanIsraeli Palestinian Conflict Author:Tom Segev
“You could make an analogy to a security guard who, three weeks prior, was mowing lawns for a living. The second he puts a uniform on and that badge, he's a man. I imagine the majority of us have felt the wrath of the over-zealous security guard guy. Is there something lying dormant in the man, that's waiting to be pumped up with that kind of power? I don't know. Does it reveal him? I don't know. Does it change him? I don't know.” KnowsMenKindDoeLyingGuyThreeFeltWaitingImagineWeekSecurityHe ManMajorityUniformsWrathLawnsAnalogiesBadgesDormantZealousSecurity GuardsMowingMowing The Lawn Author:Johnny Depp
“The majority of Arab people see the United States and Israel (definitely not Iran or Syria) as the greatest danger to the world. Could you imagine what the Arab people would do if true democracy (rule of the people) were to be victorious?” PeopleIfsWorldStatesUnitedUnited StatesDemocracyImagineDangerMajorityIsraelIranSyriaTrue Democracy Author:Andre Vltchek