“Historically, the minority party in Congress votes against raising the debt limit, forcing the majority party to whip its members into casting politically painful votes in favor.” PartyLimitsMembersVoteMajorityCongressPainfulDebtFavorsMinoritiesCastingWhips Author:Peter Welch
“The Muslim Brotherhood is a religiously conservative group. They are a minority in Egypt. They are not a majority of the Egyptian people, but they have a lot of credibility because all the other liberal parties have been smothered for 30 years.” PeopleYearsHas BeensPartyGroupsMajorityConservativeMinoritiesBrotherhoodEgyptCredibilityEgyptianMuslim BrotherhoodLiberal Party Author:Mohamed ElBaradei
“One of the really positive things about minority government is that there is the necessity to broker policy positions. What happens is you get a hybrid of what a single party might do. And I don't think that is a bad thing.” ThinkingGovernmentMightHappensPartyPolicyPositionMinoritiesBad ThingsHybridPositive ThingsBrokersReally PositiveHybridityMinority Government Author:Kathleen Wynne
“We who represent the Unionist Party in England and Scotland have supported, and we mean to support to the end, the loyal minority [in Ireland]. We support them not because we are intolerant, but because their claims are just.” MeanEndsPartySupportClaimsEnglandMinoritiesLoyalIrelandScotland Author:Bonar Law
“I was warmly embraced by the Tea Party. They openly seek more minorities.” PartyTeaMinoritiesTea Party Author:Tim Scott