“Malcolm X was the first prominent American to attack and to criticize the U.S. role in Southeast Asia, and he came out four-square against the Vietnam War in 1964, long before the vast majority of Americans did.” FirstsLongWarRolesFourMajorityCriticizeSquaresVietnamAsiaVietnam WarProminentSoutheast Asia Author:Manning Marable
“There are literally a thousand works with the title Malcolm X in them. There are over 350 films and over 320 web-based educational resources with the title Malcolm X, yet the vast majority of them are based on secondary literatures, that is, not on primary source material.” FilmLiteratureMaterialsSourceThousandResourcesMajorityEducationalPrimariesTitlesPrimary Source Author:Manning Marable
“If the majority of people said I did something wrong, then I must be wrong, and I will think 'I didn't even mean it like that, why are you treating me like this?' But if a lot of people say that I'm wrong and it's not good, then it must be not good. I will say, 'Okay' and then tell myself that this cannot happen again. I have to grasp it and change it for the better.” PeopleIfsThinkingMeanSaidHappensOkayMajority Author:Seungri
“The excuse of divided government is over: they have the House and the Senate as well; they have the state legislatures; they have a majority of the governors. And that's exciting. But for me, I think the lesson also is all the opportunities out there for women, increasingly in politics and media and public policy and government affairs - all the things we do here in Washington - that we still have to make choices, there are limits.” ThinkingWellsStillsStatesGovernmentChoicesOpportunityHouseMediaPolicyLessonsLimitsExcitingMajorityAffairExcuseDividedSenateGovernorsLegislaturePublic PolicyState LegislaturesDivided Government Author:Kellyanne Conway
“I think the most important part of this now is, let's say the American people, but the polls show that the majority now don't want a war, anywhere, not only against Syria.” PeopleThinkingWantImportantWarShowsMajoritySyriaPolls Author:Bashar al-Assad
“We didn't say that 80% [of terrorists], for example, or the majority or the vast majority, are foreigners. We said the vast majority are Al-Qaeda or Al-Qaeda offshoot organizations in this region.” SaidExampleOrganizationMajorityTerroristRegionsAlsForeignersAl Qaeda Author:Bashar al-Assad
“You look at [terrorists] faces, they look foreigners, but where are they coming from ? How precise this estimate is difficult to tell, but definitely the majority are Al-Qaeda.” LooksFacesDifficultMajorityTerroristAlsPreciseForeignersAl Qaeda Author:Bashar al-Assad
“We never said that the majority [of the terrorists] are not Syrians, but we said that the minority is what they call "free Syrian army." That's what we said.” SaidArmyMajorityTerroristMinorities Author:Bashar al-Assad
“The majority of fighters now are Al-Qaeda. If you want to support them, you are supporting Al-Qaeda, you are creating havoc in the region, and if this region is not stable, the whole world cannot be stable.” IfsWorldWantWholeSupportCreatingMajorityWhole WorldFighterRegionsAlsStableAl QaedaHavoc Author:Bashar al-Assad
“I know that in South Africa, we were in that space, and we're still suffering from that space. And that was where a government very successfully convinced the majority of a population that every single person there was blocking the other people from achieving greatness in the country, only to realize that we were all being oppressed at the same time. That's one of the biggest things. And I'm proud to say that.” PeopleKnowsPersonsStillsCountryGovernmentSufferingRealizingSpaceAchieveGreatnessProudMajoritySouthPopulationConvincedBlockSouth AfricaOppressedSingle PersonAchieve Greatness Author:Trevor Noah
“I want to be really, really clear about this. It doesn't mean that everyone or even the majority of people who voted for Donald Trump are racist or white supremacists or anything like that. But what it means is that it's not a mistake that Trump began his campaign with birthersism .” PeopleWantMeanWhiteMistakeClearTrumpMajorityCampaignsRacist Author:Ta-Nehisi Coates
“[Grew up in Hawaii] that gave [Barack Obama] a kind of optimism, an ability to see things, you know, and frankly, an ability to trust, you know, in his fellow, you know, white countrymen in a way that I, for instance, you know, and the vast majority of black people I know never really could.” PeopleKnowsWayKindBlackAbilityWhiteGrewGrew UpOptimismFellowsMajorityInstanceBarackBlack PeopleHawaiiCountrymenAbility To See Author:Ta-Nehisi Coates
“The other way is the multiverse way. That says that maybe the universe we are in is one of a very large number of universes. The vast majority will not contain life because they have the wrong gravitational constant or the wrong this constant or that constant. But as the number of universes climbs, the odds mount that a tiny minority of universes will have the right fine-tuning.” WayUniverseNumbersFineMajorityConstantTinyClimbsMinoritiesOddsLarge NumbersTuningMultiverseFine Tuning Author:Richard Dawkins
“It seems very obvious that a vast majority of the American people are sick and tired of political correctness and prevailing partisanship that does not serve the American people or freedom well.” PeopleWellsDoeSeemsPoliticalSickMajorityTiredObviousPolitical CorrectnessCorrectnessPrevailingPartisanship Author:James Robison
“Based on current surveys of public opinion in the United States, it turns out that the majority of Americans think I've done a pretty good job.” ThinkingStatesDoneJobsTurnsUnitedOpinionUnited StatesMajorityCurrentsGood JobPublic OpinionSurveys Author:Barack Obama
“[NFL fans] wish they'd shut up and play football, and I think the vast majority of people, "Shut up and act! Shut up and sing! Shut up and star in your TV show! Just shut up and do what you do, but shut up!" I think they're wearing out their welcome.” PeopleThinkingPlayShowsWishStarsFansFootballTvsMajorityWelcomeNflShut UpTv Shows Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I spend the majority of my time in New York and LA. I feel like a large part of my following and my fans are probably in New York and LA because of the work that I do is very New York-LA-centric. So people do recognize me. But it's nothing overwhelming at all.” PeopleFeelsFansNew YorkMajorityFollowingMy TimeOverwhelming Author:Billy Eichner
“The majority of new infections in America are among young gay and bisexual men of color, and the full resources that could be brought to bear simply are not.” MenAmericaYoungColorBearsGayResourcesMajorityInfectionBisexual Author:Cleve Jones
“I don't know what age the people who review my concerts reached puberty, I don't know if people in America reach puberty a lot later than they do in England or something like that, but the majority of those people are in their late teens and early twenties.” PeopleIfsKnowsAgeAmericaLateEnglandTwentiesMajorityReviewsConcertsTeensPuberty Author:George Michael
“The problem of insufficient security was, until quite recently, a matter of a minority; now it is becoming very quickly a majority matter. That is a major change.” MatterProblemSecurityBecomingMajorsMajorityMinoritiesInsufficientMajor Change Author:Zygmunt Bauman
“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
“If you are going to ask me what I watch on TV, I would probably have to say the majority of it is stuff on SyFy or Discovery Channel or it's about ghost seekers.” IfsAsksStuffWatchesTvsDiscoveryMajorityGhostAsk MeSeekers Author:Boti Bliss
“The focus on creativity and independence exists in pockets of resistance in the educational system, which, to thrive, should be integrated with the needs and concerns of the great majority of the population. One finds them everywhere.” NeedsShouldCreativityFocusConcernIndependenceMajorityPopulationEducationalResistanceThrivePocketsIntegratedEducational System Author:Noam Chomsky
“Democracy, in any rational form, also imposes conditions on majority rule. That's what the Bill of Rights is about, for example.” FormDemocracyRightsConditionsExampleBillsMajorityRationalBill Of RightsMajority Rule Author:Noam Chomsky
“Between [Speaker of the House] Paul Ryan, [Senate Majority Leader] Mitch McConnell, and Donald Trump's team, I don't see a lot of openings for making real progress.” RealHouseLeaderProgressTeamTrumpMajorityOpeningSenateSpeakersMajority Leader Author:Bill McKibben
“The American people want to make sure that the rules of the game are fair. And what that means is that if you look at surveys around Americans' attitudes on trade, the majority of the American people still support trade. But they're concerned about whether or not trade is fair, and whether we get the same access to other countries' markets that they have with us. Is there just a race to the bottom when it comes to wages, and so forth.” PeopleIfsWantLooksMeanStillsCountryGamesRaceAttitudeSupportConcernedFairsTradeMajorityBottomAccessOther CountriesWagesSurveysRules Of The Game Author:Barack Obama
“The federal government and our democracy is not a speedboat. It's an oceanliner, as I discovered when I came into office. It took a lot of really hard work for us to make significant policy changes, even in our first two years, when we had larger majorities than Mr. Trump will enjoy when he comes into office.” YearsFirstsTwoHardGovernmentEnjoyDemocracyPolicyHard WorkTrumpOfficeMajoritySignificantTwo YearsFederal Government Author:Barack Obama
“The majority of the population thinks that if the government runs healthcare, they're going to take away your freedom. At the same time, the public favors a national healthcare program.” IfsThinkingGovernmentRunningProgramMajorityPopulationFavorsHealthcareYour Freedom Author:Noam Chomsky
“The majority of Western culture came out of Europe, which is not comparable to America. It came out of nation states based on geographical and ethnic foundations. America is based on principles, a very different kind of country.” KindDifferentCountryStatesAmericaCultureNationsPrinciplesEuropeFoundationMajorityWesternDifferent KindsWestern Culture Author:Milo Yiannopoulos
“We all know of the dangers and inequities of the traditional digital divide: People who have good access tocomputer networks have a distinct advantage - in terms of both life opportunities and quality of life, I wouldargue - over the vast majority of the world's population that does not yet have good access to computernetworks. The "other" digital divide points to an increasingly unstable situation that has developed inlibrarianship as digital libraries have evolved and matured.” PeopleKnowsWorldDoeOpportunityTermQualitySituationDangerAdvantageMajorityLibraryPopulationAccessTraditionalDigitalDividesQuality Of LifeUnstableMaturedLife OpportunityDigital Divide Author:Tom Peters
“The vast majority of the American people agree with me and many others. You don't simply repeal the Affordable Care Act without a replacement. Republicans have had six years to come up with a replacement. They got nothing.” PeopleYearsCareRepublicanSixAgreeMajorityCome UpAffordableReplacementsAffordable Care Act Author:John Lewis
“The repealing and replacing of Obamacare is very complicated. It is what a White House and congressional leadership, serious White House and serious congressional leadership, should meet on and work on and figure out a strategy of, and it may work and it may not. Obviously not every administration gets things through, even when they have much larger majorities in congress and a much larger popular vote than Donald Trump had.” ShouldMayHouseWhiteFiguresSeriousTrumpVoteMajorityStrategyCongressComplicatedAdministrationWhite HouseObamacarePopular VoteRepealing Author:William Kristol
“Higher minimum wages, full-employment programs, early-childhood education: Those kinds of programs are, by design, universal, but by definition, because they are helping folks who are in the worst economic situations, are most likely to disproportionately impact and benefit African Americans. They also have the benefit of being sellable to a majority of the body politic.” KindHelpingBodySituationEconomicChildhoodWorstDesignHigherBenefitsProgramUniversalImpactMajorityFolksDefinitionsEmploymentAfrican AmericanMinimumWagesMinimum WageEarly ChildhoodEarly Childhood Education Author:Barack Obama
“As a practical matter, it is hard to think of any society in human history in which a majority population has said that as a consequence of historic wrongs, we are now going to take a big chunk of the nation's resources over a long period of time to make that right.” ThinkingHumansLongSaidMatterHardBigsNationsPeriodsConsequenceResourcesMajorityPopulationPracticalsHistoricHuman HistoryChunksLong Periods Of Time Author:Barack Obama
“If you look at countries like South Africa, where you had a black majority, there have been efforts to tax and help that black majority, but it hasn't come in the form of a formal reparations program.” IfsLooksHas BeensCountryHelpingFormBlackEffortTaxesProgramMajoritySouthSouth AfricaFormalReparations Author:Barack Obama
“I'm not so optimistic as to think that you would ever be able to garner a majority of an American Congress that would make those kinds of investments above and beyond the kinds of investments that could be made in a progressive program for lifting up all people.” PeopleThinkingKindMadeAbleProgramMajorityInvestmentCongressOptimisticProgressiveLiftingAbove And BeyondLifting Up Author:Barack Obama
“We're still fighting to make sure that basic anti-discrimination laws are enforced, not just at the federal level, by the way, but throughout government and throughout the private sector? And those are fights that we can win because - and this is where I do believe America has changed - the majority, not by any means 100 percent, but the majority of Americans believe in the idea of nondiscrimination.” WayBelieveMeanStillsIdeasGovernmentAmericaLawFightingWinningLevelsChangedPercentMajorityDiscriminationPrivate SectorAnti Discrimination Author:Barack Obama
“Now, in practice, in daily social interactions, etc., there may be all kinds of biases and prejudices that are unspoken, that people aren't aware of, that affect who's hired, and who gets loans, and how kids are treated in school. But it's a powerful thing if you have on your side an idea that the overwhelming majority of people believe in because that's how you can build a consensus that's lasting.” PeopleIfsBelieveKindMayIdeasKidsSchoolSocialSidesPowerfulPracticePrejudiceMajorityTreatedAll KindsEtcLastingOverwhelmingInteractionLoanConsensusUnspokenYour SideSocial Interaction Author:Barack Obama
“It's just disgusting that in this society, the majority of students in art school are women, but they amount to less than 30% of what is shown in museums. That has not changed radically.” ArtSchoolChangedStudentsAmountMajorityMuseumsDisgustingThis SocietyArt School Author:Kiki Smith
“The surveillance revelations are critically important because they revealed that our rights are being redefined in secret, by secret courts that were never intended to have that role - without the consent of the public, without even the awareness of the majority of our political representatives.” ImportantPoliticalSecretRolesRightsAwarenessMajorityCourtRevelationsRepresentativesConsentSurveillance Author:Edward Snowden
“I go into every meeting, into every room and for every speech understanding the standard deviation, the Bell Curve. I know there are about 10-15 percent of people in the room, who say, "I've been trying to say this for years. Finally. I agree. Yes, yes, yes." I know there are about 15 percent of the people in the room who think I'm an idiot, who think I don't know what I'm talking about, who think I'm naive or I have oversimplified everything. The majority who are open to the ideal.” PeopleThinkingKnowsTryingYearsUnderstandingRoomsTalkingSpeechStandardsPercentIdealsAgreeMajorityMeetingsIdiotBellsCurvesNaiveDeviation Author:Simon Sinek
“If I walk into a room of 500 people, my standard is, if I can't give 400 or 450 of you something, a language or a new way of seeing something, then I have failed. If I get 100 of you, I am a failure. I have to get a majority.” PeopleIfsWayGivingI CanLanguageWalksRoomsSeeingStandardsMajorityNew Ways Author:Simon Sinek
“The worst thing we can do is to assume that the Electoral College [voting] resulting in the election of Donald Trump represents a mandate. It does not. He did not get the majority of the popular vote; that went to Hillary Clinton. That means those votes represent the consciousness of the nation, which is that abortion should be legal, that contraception and family planning are health issues and prevention, that a woman's right to reproductive privacy is the law of the land and should remain such.” ShouldMeanDoeLawNationsCan DoConsciousnessIssuesLandWorstCollegeTrumpVoteElectionMajorityAssumingClintonPlanningAbortionVotingPrivacyWorst ThingsMandatesPreventionContraceptionFamily PlanningHealth IssuesElectoral CollegePopular Vote Author:Willie Parker
“Progressives are the majority; we won the popular vote by a long shot and Donald Trump and the congressional Republicans representing mainly rich old white men are a minority. If we stand up together and use the effective strategies and tactics the tea party used, we believe we can stop them.” IfsMenBelieveLongUseTogetherUsedWhitePartyRichTrumpRepublicanShotsVoteMajorityStrategyTeaMinoritiesWhite ManTacticsRepresentingTea PartyPopular VoteLong Shots Author:Ezra G. Levin
“If I don't deliver a majority mandate in 2019, fire me.” IfsFireMajorityMandates Author:Kevin O'Leary
“You can't win a majority mandate unless you get back 60 per cent of the votes between the ages of 18 and 35. It's a fact.” FactsAgeWinningVoteMajorityGet BackCentsMandatesCan't Win Author:Kevin O'Leary
“In some states, a very small number of states, it is illegal to discriminate against someone on the basis of their gender identity, transgender identification. In the vast majority, it is perfectly legal.” StatesNumbersIdentityBasesMajorityGenderIllegalTransgenderIdentificationSmall NumbersGender Identity Author:Allyson Robinson
“The vast majority of things parents and kids get in conflict over are highly predictable. We're disagreeing about the same expectations the kid is having difficulty meeting every hour, every day, every week. Because it's predictable, we can have these conversations proactively. That is very hard for people.” PeopleHardKidsParentHoursWeekConversationConflictExpectationsDifficultyMajorityMeetingsPredictable Author:Ross W. Greene
“Sunni are the majority of the [Syria], 60 to 65 percent. They've been ruled by [Bashar] Assad, who represents a minority Alawite element, which is about 12, 13 percent. And because of the choices Assad made, it's very difficult to see how you resolve this without buy-in from the Sunni world.” WorldMadeChoicesDifficultElementsPercentMajorityMade ItMinoritiesResolveSyriaAssad Author:John F. Kerry
“Marco Rubio was the darling of the Tea Party. Marco Rubio was elected as a Tea Party conservative Republican. Marco Rubio was sent to Washington clearly with the belief that he was part of a new conservative majority that was not tied to the establishment.” BeliefPartyRepublicanMajorityConservativeTeaEstablishmentTiedDarlingTea PartyMarcos Author:Rush Limbaugh