“Our minorities alone are in a position to know what the fathers of our democracy were talking about.” KnowsCultureFatherJusticeTalkingDemocracyPositionDiversitySocial JusticeMinorities Book:The Desegregated Heart: A Virginian’s Stand in Time of Transition Source: The Desegregated Heart: A Virginian’s Stand in Time of Transition
“Counterfeit tolerance includes the opportunism of one who seeks, or accepts, tolerance for himself, as a minority, but who would deny it to others if ever he should be in a position to grant it.” IfsShouldAcceptingAtheismPositionDenyPositive AtheismToleranceMinoritiesGrantsCounterfeitOpportunism Author:Carl Joachim Friedrich
“I have been raised to believe in freedom of thought and speech. If a minority wishes to accept that position it's their right. What I fear is that this minority may seem to be larger than it truly is. What is strange is that there are still people who believe the world is not a globe.” PeopleIfsWorldBelieveMayHas BeensStillsSeemsWishAcceptingAtheismPositionStrangeSpeechRaisedPositive AtheismMinoritiesGlobesFreedom Of Thought Author:Richard Leakey
“The test of liberty is the position and security of minorities.” LibertySecurityPositionTestsMinorities Author:Lord Acton
“The radicals...want speech regulated by codes that proscribe certain language. They see free speech as at best a delusion, at worst a threat to the welfare of minorities and women....The most obvious (and cynical) explanation for the switched positions is the switched situations. Protesting students became established professors and administrators. For outsiders, free speech is bread and butter; for insiders, indigestion. To the new academics, unregulated free speech spells trouble.” WantCertainLanguageSituationTroubleWorstPositionStudentsSpeechThreatObviousBreadRadicalCodeWelfareExplanationMinoritiesDelusionProfessorsSpellsCynicalFree SpeechOutsidersAdministratorsInsidersIndigestionBread And Butter Author:Russell Jacoby
“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
“Trent Lott has regained a position of leadership. He was the former majority leader who lost his post for racially insensitive commentary. I believe he mentioned that Strom Thurmond in 1948, who ran as a segregationist candidate, should have won. ... But now, sound the irony alarm. He has recaptured a position and his position -- I kid you not -- in the Senate will be minority whip. So, my guess is he takes to that job like, let's say, white on rice.” ShouldBelieveKidsJobsLostI BelieveSoundWhiteLeaderPositionShould HaveMajorityFormerPostsIronyRanCandidatesMinoritiesSenateRiceAlarmsWhipsCommentaryInsensitiveMajority Leader Author:Jon Stewart
“The silence of those in positions of influence in the church who know, or have a strong suspicion, that being gay is a nonpathological minority variant in the human condition drives me crazy, far crazier than I am driven by any loud-mouthed purveyor of hateful nonsense.” KnowsHumansStrongChurchSilenceCrazyInfluenceConditionsPositionGayDrivenLoudNonsenseMinoritiesHuman ConditionSuspicionHatefulBeing GayDrive Me Crazy Author:James Alison
“Asset values and earning power are the dominant factors affecting the valuation of a controlling interest in a business. Market price, which governs valuation of minority interest positions, is of little or no importance in valuing a controlling interest.” LittlesValuesInterestPositionImportanceFactorsMinoritiesAssetsDominantEarningValuation Author:Warren Buffett
“Market price, while used exclusively to value our investments in minority positions, is not a relevant factor when applied to our controlling interests.” UsedValuesInterestPositionInvestmentFactorsMinoritiesRelevant Author:Warren Buffett
“My hope is that Barack Obama will make a serious long term commitment to bringing many more women, minorities and young people into leadership positions within the Democratic Party. That's the way to plan for the future. The US faces some incredibly rough challenging times ahead.” PeopleWayLongFacesYoungTermChallengesPartyPlansPositionSeriousCommitmentDemocraticBarackLong TermMinoritiesRoughDemocratic PartyChallenging Times Author:Rob Kall