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“Don't get mad at me cause I call something a 'nothing thing'. I mean it's nothing in terms of the majority of people.... I'm not that concerned with my son. I'm more concerned with all people. I look at all people as brothers and sisters. I have no priority for members of the family.”

People Looks Mean Causes Term Son Brother Members Concerned Mad Majority Priorities My Son Brothers And Sisters

Author:Jacque Fresco

“Stripped of all its covering, the naked question is, whether ours is a federal or consolidated government; a constitutional or absolute one; a government resting solidly on the basis of the sovereignty of the States, or on the unrestrained will of a majority; a form of government, as in all other unlimited ones, in which injustice, violence, and force must ultimately prevail.”

States Government America Form Force Violence Bases Absolutes Majority Injustice Naked Unlimited Sovereignty Covering Forms Of Government

Book:The Works of John C. Calhoun Volume 6

Source: The Works of John C. Calhoun Volume 6

“Feminism has never emerged from the women who are most victimized by sexist oppression; women who are daily beaten down, mentally, physically, and spiritually - women who are powerless to change their condition in life. They are a silent majority.”

Feminism Conditions Majority Silent Oppression Beaten Powerless Sexist Silent Majority

Book:Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center

Source: Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center

“In his essay 'Self-Reliance' Emerson wrote, 'Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist.' The Apostle Paul reminds us that whoso would be a Christian must also be a a nonconformist. Any Christian who blindly accepts the opinions of the majority and in fear and timidity follows a path of expediency and social approval is a mental and spiritual slave.”

“One and God make a majority.”

God Majority Conservative Godly

Author:Frederick Douglass

“We go by the major vote, and if the majority are insane, the sane must go to the hospital.”

Ifs Majors Vote Majority Insane Hospitals Sane

Book:Thoughts

Source: Thoughts

“What in fact takes place in an election is that two hand picked candidates are propped up before the citizenry, each candidate having been selected by a very small group of politically active people. A minority of the people... then elects one of these hand picked people to rule itself and the majority.”

People Two Facts Hands Politics Groups Politician Election Majority Active Candidates Minorities Selected Small Groups Citizenry Two Hands

Author:Robert Ringer

“The majority of people who fail to accumulate money sufficient for their needs are, generally, easily influenced by the opinion of others.”

People Needs Opinion Failing Majority Sufficient Easily Influenced

Book:The Prosperity Bible: The Greatest Writings of All Time on the Secrets to Wealth and Prosperity

Source: The Prosperity Bible: The Greatest Writings of All Time on the Secrets to Wealth and Prosperity

“I believe in helping our fellow man in need. I believe that reaching into your own pockets to help someone in need is praiseworthy and laudable. Reaching into somebody else's pockets to help your fellow man in need is despicable. And, or those of us who are Christians, I'm very sure that when God gave Moses the commandment Thou Shalt Not Steal, he did not mean ...unless you get a majority vote in Congress.”

“The great majority of the Christian world is still weeping at the foot of the cross. The consciousness of man is fixed on the Christ Who died, not the Christ Who LIVES. They are looking back to the Redeemer Who was, not the redeemer who IS.”

Men World Stills Christian Christ Consciousness Feet Crosses Died Majority Fixed Looking Back Weeping Redeemer

Author:John G. Lake

“The majority of people are not willing to risk what they have built for the opportunity to have something better.”

People Opportunity Risk Willing Built Majority Something Better

Author:Jay Samit

“All that is needed for the majority of labors to go well is a healthy, pregnant woman who has loving support in labor, self-confidence , and attendants with infinite patience.”

Wells Self Support Needed Healthy Labor Infinite Majority Self Confidence Pregnant Pregnant Women

Book:Homebirth: The Essential Guide to Giving Birth Outside of the Hospital

Source: Homebirth: The Essential Guide to Giving Birth Outside of the Hospital

“I am disturbed when I see the majority of so-called Christians having such little understanding of the real nature of the faith they profess. Faith is a subject of such importance that we should not ignore it because of the distractions or the hectic pace of our lives.”

Should Littles Real Christian Understanding Our Lives Subjects Importance Majority Pace Distraction Disturbed Hectic

Author:William Wilberforce

“Even before winning its majority, Harper's Republican-styl e Conservative party - well to the right Canada's traditional Progressive Conservative Party - managed to win minority governments with less than 40 per cent of the popular vote.”

Wells Government Winning Party Republican Vote Majority Conservative Traditional Canada Minorities Progressive Cents Harper Conservative Party Popular Vote Minority Government

Author:Linda McQuaig

“Few are open to conviction, but the majority of men are open to persuasion”

Men Majority Conviction Persuasion

Book:Goethe's Opinions on the World, Mankind, Literature, Science, and Art

Source: Goethe's Opinions on the World, Mankind, Literature, Science, and Art

“I'm convinced that today the majority of Americans want what those first Americans wanted: A better life for themselves and their children; a minimum of government authority.”

Source: A Time for Choosing: The Speeches of Ronald Reagan, 1961-1982

“If the first plan which you adopt does not work successfully, replace it with a new plan; if this new plan fails to work, replace it in turn with still another, and so on, until you find a plan which does work. Right here is the point at which the majority of men meet with failure, because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.”

Ifs Men Firsts Doe Stills Turns Plans Failing Creating Majority Persistence

Book:Napoleon Hill Collection

Source: Napoleon Hill Collection

“The majority of the members of the Irish parliament are professional politicians, in the sense that otherwise they would not be given jobs minding mice at crossroads.”

Jobs Given Politician Members Majority Mice Parliament Crossroads Members Of Parliament

Book:The Hair of the Dogma: A Further Selection from 'Cruiskeen Lawn'

Source: The Hair of the Dogma: A Further Selection from 'Cruiskeen Lawn'

“In business, as in politics, it is never easy to go against the beliefs and attitudes held by the majority. The businessman who moves counter to the tide of prevailing opinion must expect to be obstructed, derided and damned.”

Moving Belief Easy Attitude Opinion Majority Tides Businessman Prevailing

Author:J. Paul Getty

“How does a weaker minority dominate a physically superior majority? In my research I learned that this is accomplished by destroying the slave’s mind. More effective than whips and guns was the simple act of outlawing the teaching of slaves to read and to write.”

Writing Mind Doe Simple Teaching Research Gun Majority Slave Superiors Accomplished Minorities Destroying Whips

Book:Nat Turner

Source: Nat Turner

“The rest-the vast majority, tens of thousands of days-are unremarkable, repetitive, even monotonous. We glide through them then instantly forget them. We tend not to think about this arithmetic when we look back on our lives. We remember the handful of Big Days and throw away the rest. We organize our long, shapeless lives into tidy little stories...But our lives are mostly made up of junk, of ordinary, forgettable days, and 'The End' is never the end.”

Thinking Looks Littles Long Made Ends Stories Bigs Remember Forget Our Lives Ordinary Majority Organize Handful Junk Monotonous Arithmetic Tidy Repetitive Forgettable

Book:Defending Jacob: A Novel

Source: Defending Jacob: A Novel

“It seems people spend the majority of their lives believing they're dying, with the only consolation being that at one point they get to be right.”

People Believe Seems Dying Majority Consolation

Author:Edward St Aubyn

“Apathy is a rational reaction to a system that no longer represents, hears or addresses the vast majority of people.”

People Majority Reactions Rational Addresses Apathy

Author:Russell Brand

“I grew up in a musical family; the majority of my growing up was done in Hawaii. It's what we do. You sing, you dance, you play ukulele and you drink.”

Done Play Growing Up Growing Inspire Grew Drink Grew Up Majority Musical Hawaii Ukulele

Author:Dwayne Johnson

“The meanest inhabitants by their constant attendance generally form the majority and outvote the gentlemen, merchants and all the better Inhabitants!”

Form Revolution Majority Constant Gentleman Merchants American Revolution Attendance

Author:William Shirley

“The vast majority of human beings are not interested in reason or satisfied with what it teaches.”

Humans Reason Human Beings Teach Logic Majority Satisfied Not Interested Reason And Logic

Book:Rotunda: a selection from the works of Aldous Huxley

Source: Rotunda: a selection from the works of Aldous Huxley

“Once upon a time supporters of the Steinitz-Tarrasch school had a very high opinion of a queen-side pawn majority. Modern strategy on the other hand categorically denies that such a majority is an independent factor of any importance.”

Hands School Sides Opinion Modern Importance Independent Majority Strategy Deny Chess Factors Queens Supporter Once Upon A Time Pawns

Author:Alexander Kotov

“We respect opposition to any position or policy. But we believe that the opinion that should prevail and be respected is that of the majority.”

Should Believe Opinion Policy Position Majority Opposition

Author:King Hussein I

“Every new development for the last three centuries has brought men closer to a state of affairs in which absolutely nothing would be recognized in the whole world as possessing a claim to obedience except the authority of the State. The majority of people in Europe obey nothing else.”

People Men World States Whole Would Be Lasts Three Century Development Authority Europe Claims Majority Affair Whole World Obedience Absolutely Nothing Possessing

Author:Simone Weil

“Having plead guilty, I do not believe that I am any different than the vast majority of the members of Congress.”

Believe Different Stupid Members Humorous Majority Congress Guilty

Author:Dan Rostenkowski

“The Houthi have local religious grievances, being Shiites in a majority Sunni land. But they are also agents of Shiite Iran, which arms, trains, and advises them. Their slogan - 'God is great. Death to America. Death to Israel' - could have been written in Persian.”

Has Beens America Religious Written Land Arms Majority Train Israel Locals Agents Iran Could Have Been Advise Slogans Notable Grievance Persian God Is Great

Author:Charles Krauthammer

“Were anyone wondering how Sen. Harry Reid intended to manage life in the minority, it took one day of the 114th Congress to get the answer: Exactly as he did in the majority. Republicans would be wise to understand what he's up to.”

Would Be Answers Wonder Wise Republican One Day Majority Congress Manage Minorities Notable Being Wise

Author:Kimberley Strassel

“Illegal immigration is praised only by those who benefit directly from it, whether in the familial sense of inexpensive nannies, cooks, or gardeners; or in the corporate interest of cheap labor in the hospitality industries, agriculture, and construction; or in the political sense of new liberal constituents; or in the tribal sense of expanding the so-called La Raza base. But the vast majority of Americans accept that when federal law is ignored, chaos ensues.”

“The day after Republicans won solid majorities in the House and Senate, House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader-to-be Mitch McConnell outlined priorities for the newly elected Congress. High on the list is fundamental tax reform. In addition to overhauling the federal tax code, however, Congress should rein in the Internal Revenue Service.”

Should House Leader Republican Taxes Fundamentals Majority Congress Lists Priorities Reform Code Internals Senate Speakers Revenue Notable Reins Tax Reform Federal Taxes Majority Leader

Author:Cleta Mitchell

“[A] re-elected McConnell, with a Republican majority, would, he says, emulate his model of majority leadership - the 16 years under a Democrat, Montana's Mike Mansfield. He, like McConnell, had a low emotional metabolism but a subtle sense of the Senate's singular role in the nation's constitutional equilibrium.”

Years Nations Roles Emotional Republican Models Lows Majority Democrat Subtle Senate Mike Notable Equilibrium Emulate Montana Metabolism

Author:George Will

“The Democratic line is that the Republican House does nothing but block and oppose. In fact, it has passed hundreds of bills only to have them die upon reaching the desk of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. He has rendered the Senate inert by simply ensuring that any bill that might present a politically difficult vote for his Democratic colleagues never even comes to the floor.”

Doe Facts Might Dies House Difficult Lines Leader Republican Vote Bills Majority Democratic Block Reaching Senate Desks Colleagues Notable Majority Leader

Author:Charles Krauthammer

“The results of the two referenda demonstrate the majority view of the Taiwanese people.”

People Two Results Views Prejudice Majority

Author:Chen Shui-bian

“Democrats' attack on the Republican majority leader is nothing but a coordinated agenda to stop an effective leader from accomplishing the people's business.”

People Leadership Leader Republican Majority Democrat Agendas Majority Leader

Author:Bill Shuster

“Nowadays it is the fashion to pretend that no single individual is ever responsible for a successful advertising campaign. This emphasis on "teamwork" is bunkum - a conspiracy of the mediocre majority.”

Individual Successful Fashion Responsible Majority Campaigns Advertising Teamwork Conspiracy Mediocre Emphasis

Author:David Ogilvy

“There are some girls who are turned on by my body, and some others who are turned off. but for the majority i just use it as a conversation piece. like someone walking a cheetah down 42nd street would have a natural conversation piece. then when they get to talking to me they see i am not mean but gentle to them and thats all they want to know”

Knows Want Mean Use Body Girl Natural Talking Pieces Streets Walking Conversation Majority Gentle Bodybuilding Turned Off Cheetahs 42nd Street

Author:Arnold Schwarzenegger

“I think that the majority of messages are validating messages to confirm the survival of conscious. And many times that validation message is negative or sad.”

Thinking Messages Survival Conscious Negative Majority Validation

Author:John Edward

“Equality is attainable as long as you are part of the majority.”

Long Majority Catchy

Author:William James

“The fundamental principle of our constitution ... enjoins the sense of command, duty that the will of the majority shall prevail.”

Principles Duty Constitution Fundamentals Majority Command Fundamental Principles

Author:George Washington

“The political machine triumphs because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority.”

Political Politics United Acting Machines Majority Triumph Minorities Divided Minority Government

Book:The Mansions of Philosophy: A Survey of Human Life and Destiny

Source: The Mansions of Philosophy: A Survey of Human Life and Destiny

“The truth must essentially be regarded as in conflict with this world; the world has never been so good, and will never become so good that the majority will desire the truth.”

World Truth Desire This World Conflict Majority

Author:Soren Kierkegaard

“To be in the EU, it means to have same rules of... for economy, for social life, to be together in the majority of European countries.”

Mean Country Together Social Economy Majority Injustice Social Life European Countries

Author:Aleksander Kwasniewski

“Polls consistently show that the majority of Americans favour research using embryonic stem cells and yet politicians continue to pander to the outspoken religious minority that is hampering efforts to develop this potentially valuable technology.”

Shows Religious Effort Technology Politician Research Majority Environmental Valuable Cells Minorities Consistently Stem Favour Polls Outspoken Stem Cell Embryonic Stem Cells

Author:James D. Watson

“The American people are going to judge the majority party here today. If they go out here and vote for this rule that allows this provision to be stricken, they are voting against the men and women in the military of our country.”

People Ifs Men Country Today Party Military He Man Judging Men And Women Vote Majority Our Country Voting Provision Military Women

Author:Norm Dicks

“Americans of our own time - minority and majority Americans alike - need the continued guidance that the Voting Rights Act provides. We have come a long way, but more needs to be done.”

Way Needs Long Done Rights Majority Guidance Voting Minorities Long Way Right To Vote Voting Rights Act

Author:Elijah Cummings

“If there is a nuclear tactic being used here, I submit it is the use of that obstruction where a willful minority blocks a bipartisan majority from voting on the President's judicial nominees.”

Ifs Use Used President Majority Nuclear Block Voting Minorities Submit Tactics Judicial Bipartisan Obstruction

Author:John Cornyn

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