“This leads to a question - if a great many people are for a certain project, is it necessarily right? If the vast majority is for it, is it even more certainly right? This, to be sure, is one of the tricky points of democracy. The minority often turns out to be right, and though one believes in the efficacy of the democratic process, one has also to recognize that the demand of the many for a particular project at a particular time may mean only disaster.” PeopleIfsBelieveMayMeanCertainTurnsProcessDemocracyParticularDemandProjectsMajorityDemocraticDisasterGreat MenMinoritiesTrickyEfficacyDemocratic Process Book:The Roosevelt I Knew Source: The Roosevelt I Knew
“If the pendulum swings, it may swing to a combination of Conservatives and Liberal Democrats and, thus, to a period of minority government or coalition, in some form.” IfsMayGovernmentFormPeriodsDemocratCombinationMinoritiesSwingsCoalitionsPendulumsMinority Government Author:Vince Cable
“As far as I know, only a small minority of mathematicians, even of those with Platonist views, accept the idea that there may be mathematical facts which are true but unknowable.” KnowsMayIdeasFactsViewsAcceptingMathematicalMinoritiesMathematician Author:Abraham Robinson
“Sometimes great injustices may be inflicted on the minority when the majority is in the pursuit of a great and just cause.” MaySometimesCausesMajorityInjusticePursuitMinorities Book:The Undiscovered Paul Robeson , An Artist's Journey, 1898-1939 Source: The Undiscovered Paul Robeson , An Artist's Journey, 1898-1939