“When I became secretary of state, we had 200,000 troops deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan. And I'm very grateful that we have brought home the vast majority of those.” StatesHomeGratefulMajorityIraqAfghanistanTroopsSecretary Author:Hillary Clinton
“I want to - on behalf of myself, and I think on behalf of a majority of the American people, say that, you know, our word is good.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantMajorityBehalfOur Words Author:Hillary Clinton
“We're working with our friends in the Middle East, many of which, as you know, are Muslim majority nations.” KnowsNationsMiddleMajorityEastMiddle East Author:Hillary Clinton
“It is essential that America's word be good. And so I know that this campaign has caused some questioning and worries on the part of many leaders across the globe. I've talked with a number of them. But I want to - on behalf of myself, and I think on behalf of a majority of the American people, say that, you know, our word is good.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantAmericaNumbersLeaderWorryEssentialsMajorityBe GoodCampaignsQuestioningGlobesBehalfOur Words Author:Hillary Clinton
“We call for, actually, a weapons embargo to the Middle East, which we can lead since we are supplying the majority of weapons which, in fact, then find their way into all parties on all sides.” WayFactsSidesPartyMiddleWeaponsMajorityEastMiddle EastEmbargo Author:Jill Stein
“I also feel like the kinds of jobs I want right now - I consider them aspirational. I want to raise the bar for myself, and I am in this interesting spot where I do get offered a lot of things, but frankly, the majority of the things I get offered I'm not really interested in doing. I want to do the things that I have to fight for.” WantFeelsKindJobsFightingInterestingRight NowRaisesMajorityBarsSpotsRaising The Bar Author:Zachary Quinto
“I intend to defeat ISIS, to do so in a coalition with majority Muslim nations.” NationsMajorityDefeatIsisCoalitions Author:Hillary Clinton
“You know, it's trying to put toothpaste back in the tube. Not only are there a lot of outsiders intervening but this also involves a vicious internal war. There are many who believe the Alawites will fight to the death because they believe that, should they lose power, the majority would take, would show no compassion for them. They ruled that country for a long time, ruthlessly. It is a vicious civil war that makes one want to cry every day.” KnowsWantShouldTryingBelieveLongWarCountryShowsFightingLosesCompassionCryLong TimeMajorityCivil WarInternalsOutsidersViciousTubesToothpasteInterveningNo Compassion Author:John Kasich
“I've had a chance to meet some of my civil rights heroes and, more recently, members of the young generation around [Barack] Obama, people in their teens and twenties who were determined to make history and who were too idealistic to think that what they were trying to do might be impossible. They proved that visionary pragmatism can win over the majority. That comes from a particular place in your heart that generation Y is offering America. They just can't afford to be naive now, in terms of the ferocity of the opposition.” PeopleThinkingTryingHeartMightAmericaYoungWinningTermChanceRightsImpossibleGenerationsParticularHeroMembersTwentiesMajorityDeterminedCivil RightsBarackOppositionOfferingTeensNaiveVisionariesPragmatismIdealisticFerocityYoung GenerationGeneration Y Author:Van Jones
“I mean, we've had Republican majorities in the House and even the Senate for a couple of years. How has that worked out, stopping [Barack] Obama, hmm? Seriously.” YearsMeanHouseCoupleRepublicanMajorityBarackSenateStoppingHmm Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I think after Sam Nunn left, I'm the last guy in the Senate who got a majority white male vote in their state.” ThinkingStatesLastsGuyLeftWhiteVoteMajorityMalesSenate Author:Joe Biden
“The Cook Political Report now predicting senate democrats are poised to pick up five to seven seats, which would give them the majority. Pointing out the history shows that races in the Toss Up column never split down the middle, one party tends to win the lion`s share of them. With two weeks to Election Day, there`s not enough time for republicans to recover toss-up seats in states where Hillary Clinton is currently leading, considering this, early voting is under way, and [Donald]Trump won`t be any help especially since his campaign doesn`t really have a ground game to speak of.” WayGivingTwoStatesEnoughHelpingShowsPoliticalGamesWinningSpeakPartyRaceFiveWeekShareMiddleTrumpRepublicanPicksElectionMajorityClintonDemocratSevenCampaignsCooksSeatsReportsVotingLionsSenateSplitsConsideringPointingTwo WeeksColumnsEnough TimeTossPredictingElection DayNot Enough Time Author:Chris Hayes
“Obamacare's not imploding. The main goal of Obamacare was two-fold. One was to cover the uninsured, of which we've covered 20 million, the largest expansion in American history. The other was to fix broken insurance markets where insurers could deny people insurance just because they were sick or they had been sick. Those have been fixed, and for the vast majority of Americans, costs in those markets have come down, thanks to the subsidies made available under Obamacare.” PeopleHas BeensMadeTwoGoalMillionsBrokenCostSickMajorityAvailableDenyThanksFixedCoveredAmerican HistoryExpansionFoldsObamacareSubsidies Author:Jonathan Gruber
“The vast majority of the coverage had to do with him basically saying, for the first 100 days of my administration, the [Donald] Trump administration, I'd be going after people who ticked me off.” PeopleFirstsTrumpMajorityAdministrationCoverage Author:Star Jones
“A permanent and sustainable solution to all the problems facing working people is possible by taking the biggest companies into democratic ownership, and reorganizing the economy on a democratically planned basis. Under such a system we could democratically decide how to allocate resources. We could rapidly transition away from fossil fuels, develop massive jobs programs to rebuild the country's rotting infrastructure, and begin to build a whole new world based on meeting the needs of the majority, not the profits of a few.” PeopleWorldNeedsCountryWholeProblemJobsCompanyEconomySolutionsResourcesProgramBasesMajorityDemocraticMeetingsProfitPermanentFuelMassiveTransitionNew WorldOwnershipFossilsInfrastructureFossil FuelRotting Author:Kshama Sawant
“The two majority candidates right now, the Democratic and Republican candidates,[Donald] Trump and [Hillary] Clinton, are the most disliked and untrusted Presidential candidates in our history with more than majority disapproval.” TwoTrumpRepublicanRight NowMajorityDemocraticClintonPresidentialCandidatesPresidential CandidateDisapproval Author:Jill Stein
“You go into the voting booths and you can rank your choices. So your first choice is an underdog that might not win, you know, that your choice number two, which might be your lesser evil, your safety choice, your vote is automatically reassigned from your first choice to your second choice if your first choice losses and there's not a majority winner. So it essentially eliminates, splitting it, eliminates having to vote your fear instead of your values.” IfsKnowsFirstsTwoMightValuesChoicesEvilWinningLossNumbersVoteSafetyMajorityWinnerVotingUnderdogSplittingLesser EvilSecond Choice Author:Jill Stein
“You [Jill Stein] also believe in a full employment policy that was the majority Democratic Party policy in 1946. They actually passed a law to that effect. You want to end poverty and when people see how relatively easy it is to end poverty. And one way is to increase the minimum wage: catch up; it's been frozen for so many years.” PeopleWayWantYearsBelieveEndsLawEasyPartyPovertyEffectsPolicyIncreaseMajorityDemocraticEmploymentOne WayMinimumFrozenDemocratic PartyMinimum WageJill Stein Author:Ralph Nader
“In 2000 the majority of people wanted me and Buchanan on the debates in two thousand. And me on the debates in 2004. have there been any polls?” PeopleTwoWantedThousandMajorityDebatePolls Author:Ralph Nader
“What's happening is that the will of the people, the declared opinion of the people, who want more agendas, more ideas, more sensible redirections reforms in our country, are being thwarted by the mechanism of keeping third-party candidates, who are on more than enough States theoretically to get an electoral vote majority, to keep them off the mass media, the commercial media, to keep them off the debates.” PeopleWantIdeasCountryStatesEnoughPartyOpinionMediaMassHappeningsVoteThirdsMajorityDebateOur CountryReformCandidatesAgendasSensibleMechanismMass MediaThird PartiesRedirection Author:Ralph Nader
“We're not enamored of Trump's braggadocio narcissism. We're not enamored of Trump's lifestyle. None of that. We're just fed up with current Washington leadership. It has failed and it needs to be turned upside down and emptied and re-shaken. And that's what the vast majority of Trump supporters actually believe.” NeedsBelieveTrumpDown AndMajorityCurrentsLifestyleFedsNarcissismSupporterUpside DownFed UpEnamored Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Unlike the vast majority of people, I've been locked in a box like an animal and I've also been on the receiving end of bloody thrashings, so I feel uniquely qualified to judge which is worse.” PeopleFeelsEndsAnimalJudgingMajorityBoxesReceivingLockedBloodyQualified Author:Jim Goad
“More than most, I believe I'm highly attuned to how heresies eventually become mainstream belief systems and how the vast majority of people who consider themselves 'edgy' are those who only embraced radical ideas LONG after it became safe for them to do so.” PeopleBelieveLongIdeasBeliefI BelieveSafeMajorityRadicalMainstreamHeresyBelief SystemsEdgyRadical Ideas Author:Jim Goad
“I regret that we weren't able to reform Social Security. The fact that we weren't able to when we had majorities in the House and the Senate I think reflected poorly on our political party.” ThinkingFactsAblePoliticalHouseSocialPartySecurityRegretMajorityReformSenatePolitical PartiesSocial SecurityI Regret Author:George W. Bush
“No one is predicting that the Democrats will get the 30 pickups they need to take back the House majority.” NeedsHouseMajorityDemocratPredictingPickups Author:Mara Liasson
“If they can get 15 or higher, it will be a very bad night for House Speaker Paul Ryan. Ryan twisted himself into a pretzel by endorsing but not always supporting Donald Trump. Now, he's facing the prospect of a slimmer majority, with fewer moderates. Conservative members in the Freedom Caucus have already sent warning shots threatening Ryan's tenure as speaker.” IfsNightHouseTrumpHigherMembersShotsMajorityConservativeWarningFewerSpeakersThreateningModeratesTwistedTenureCaucusEndorsingPretzelsBad Night Author:Mara Liasson
“We want a Republican majority in the house and the senate, there's no question.” WantHouseRepublicanMajoritySenate Author:Kellyanne Conway
“The thing about an executive order - there has never been an executive order that a Congress couldn't say, "You know, we don't like that so we're going to do something else," if there is a majority in Congress to do something else.” IfsKnowsOrderMajorityCongressExecutivesExecutive Orders Author:Tim Kaine
“The [Vietnam] war's gone on for three years. And we'd thought we'd ended it because we'd done exactly what we were told and what we told ourselves we'd had to do. We had a majority. We were against the war and this created a crisis for democracy and a crisis for the antiwar movement.” YearsWarDoneThreeGoneDemocracyMovementCrisisMajorityVietnamThree YearsAntiwarVietnam War Author:Bill Ayers
“There's certainly enough writers and directors and actors who secretly aspire to make movies and films that agree with the center-right perspective, and I would argue the majority perspective in America.” EnoughAmericaFilmActorsPerspectiveDirectorsAgreeMajorityArguingAspire Author:Andrew Breitbart
“In fact, for the majority of the population, wages and incomes have stagnated and conditions have gotten worse. So they are asking, "what did I do wrong?" And the answer that the talk show host is giving them is convincing, in it's internal logic. It's saying, "what's wrong is the rich liberals own everything, run everything, they don't care about you; therefore, distrust them" and so on.” GivingFactsShowsCareRunningAnswersRichConditionsLogicAskingMajorityPopulationDon't CareIncomeInternalsHostWagesDistrustConvincingTalk ShowsWhat Did I Do Wrong Author:Noam Chomsky
“Even though Hillary Clinton won the popular vote, you now have Republicans in charge of the White House, the Congress, a majority of governors, more governors than they've had in 100 years, more state houses than they've ever had before.” YearsStatesHouseWhiteRepublicanVoteMajorityClintonCongressWhite HouseGovernorsPopular Vote Author:George Stephanopoulos
“For those of us who have been disgruntled conservatives, who have watched the last successive tsunami at midterms and such, where Republicans were given majorities in both chambers and did little with it, this [Donald Trump win] was no surprise to us.” LittlesHas BeensLastsWinningGivenTrumpRepublicanMajoritySurpriseChamberTsunamiDisgruntledMidterms Author:Mary Matalin
“These are things that we hear from military families everywhere we go. But it - on PTSD, the thing that I want to make sure people understand is that the vast majority of veterans and military families aren't dealing with any kind of mental health. But there are - these are what are called the invisible wounds of this war. And many times they don't present.” PeopleWantKindWarMilitaryMajorityMental HealthWoundsInvisibleVeteranPtsdMilitary Family Author:Michelle Obama
“In a sense, whites who were always sort of the unthinking majority who didn't think of themselves necessarily as one among many interest groups but is simply the dominant group, now as whites become - are close to becoming a minority of Americans, are becoming a political interest group. And that's what Donald Trump is playing to. And it's a really dangerous, volatile game.” ThinkingPoliticalGamesInterestGroupsDangerousTrumpBecomingMajorityMinoritiesDominantInterest Groups Author:George Packer
“I think [Donald Trump] s got the votes for [tax reform]. I think he's definitely has the Republican votes for it, in House and Senate, and I think he probably has maybe 20 percent of the Democratic vote for it. So he could get it done with a bipartisan majority.” ThinkingDoneHouseTrumpRepublicanTaxesPercentVoteMajorityDemocraticReformSenateGet It DoneBipartisanTax Reform Author:Rudy Giuliani
“The vast majority of Americans are employed in service sector industries, and many of those sectors are highly internationalized. The most high-value added sectors, notably the tech sector, is massively globalized. And, for them, it would be a disaster if America's trade policy was to go down a spiraling route towards protectionism.” IfsWould BeAmericaValuesPolicyIndustryTradeMajorityDisasterRoutesEmployedProtectionism Author:Judy Woodruff
“I think it's been, you know, kind of like a tragic play to this point. But at this point, I think it's clear, and will be clear to the majority of the Congress. I think it's clear to the American people that there is only one countervailing force to a world where financial institutions are trying to sell instruments every day and where credit has dried up, and that's the United States Treasury.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWorldTryingKindStatesPlayForceUnitedUnited StatesClearInstitutionsInstrumentsMajoritySellsFinancialCongressCreditTragicTreasuryFinancial Institutions Author:Warren Buffett
“In the case of immigration, there has never been a majority for any of the proposals put forth by either party - executive amnesty or whatever other plan there is - to essentially legalize them and make them voters. There is not the majority support for any plan that either party has put forward. It is a gigantic issue.” PartyCasesSupportIssuesPlansMajorityImmigrationExecutivesVotersProposalAmnesty Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I'm going to try to get everybody who makes less than $125,000 in their family, which is the vast majority of people, to be able to go to a public college or university totally tuition-free. And if you make more than that, debt-free.” PeopleIfsTryingAbleCollegeMajorityUniversityDebtTuitionDebt Free Author:Hillary Clinton
“The vast majority of people have never hurt anybody in their lives, don't want killing, don't want wars. In all the countries of the world, they just want to love their families and get on with their lives.” PeopleWorldWantWarCountryHurtMajorityKillingCountries Of The World Author:Mairead Corrigan
“I also think that there's a little peer pressure. They probably think that a majority of people their age think the same things and they want to be considered - I don't know what the word is - in, hip, whatever, with that bunch. I think time will take care of some of this as it is revealed that [Donald] Trump is not what they think.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantLittlesCareAgeTrumpPressureMajorityTake CareBunchHipsPeersPeer Pressure Author:Rush Limbaugh
“You can't have a majority party in Minnesota or throughout the country without [support from] the people in these [rural] districts. Given the position [the Democratic Party] has taken, it's very hard to see how you can do that.” PeopleCountryHardGivenCan DoPartySupportTakenPositionMajorityDemocraticDemocratic PartyMinnesota Author:Collin Peterson
“You could almost say that throughout human history there are people who can either foresee consequences or who are capable of looking for information and predicting the consequences will happen, but the vast majority of people won't respond to climate change until their city is underwater, food supply is disrupted or everyone around them is dying of zoonotic disease. It's almost like someone dealing with an addiction, like you hope that the person can overcome the addiction before the addiction kills them.” PeopleHumansPersonsHappensCitiesDyingInformationLike YouDiseaseCapableConsequenceOvercomingMajorityClimateAddictionClimate ChangeHuman HistoryPredictingUnderwaterFood Supply Author:Moby
“House majority leader, Kevin McCarthy, slammed [Donald's] Trump`s wild claims about election fraud, saying, quote, "The election is over, let`s move on."” MovingHouseLeaderTrumpClaimsElectionMajorityFraudKevinMajority Leader Author:Chuck Todd
“Senator majority leader, Mitch McConnell, slammed [Donald] Trump`s comments about burning the American flag which is protected under the first amendment should lead to jail time.” ShouldFirstsLeaderTrumpMajorityBurningJailCommentFlagsAmendmentsProtectedSenatorsFirst AmendmentAmerican FlagMajority LeaderJail Time Author:Chuck Todd
“Let's pretend six people live in your house. And you propose that only four people get to eat every day, and you put it to a vote. If four people vote that only four people get to eat, two people don't, that prevails. That's what a democracy is. It's strictly majority-minority rule.” PeopleIfsTwoHouseDemocracyFourSixVoteMajorityMinoritiesPropose 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
“There's so many different ways to write a rhyme its stupid man. I don't understand why the majority of the rap game sounds the same.” MenWayWritingDifferentGamesSoundStupidMajorityRapDifferent WaysRhymeStupid Men Author:Rakim
“I got one of the illest crews in NY but when I travel it's mostly me and my girl, me and my kids or me and one or two of my dudes but the majority of the time its just me.” TwoKidsGirlMajorityCrewMy Girl Author:Rakim