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“We must think of human progress, not as of something going on in the race in general, but as something going on in a small minority, perpetually beleaguered in a few walled towns. Now and then the horde of barbarians outside breaks through, and we have an armed effort to halt the process. That is, we have a Reformation, a French Revolution, a war for democracy, a Great Awakening. The minority is decimated and driven to cover. But a few survive- and a few are enough to carry on.”

“The whole conflict thus boils down to a question of degree. We of the minority see a law of diminishing returns in progress; our opponents do not.”

Whole Law Progress Return Conflict Degrees Opponents Minorities Diminishing Returns

Book:A Sand County Almanac, and Sketches Here and There

Source: A Sand County Almanac, and Sketches Here and There

“Progress begins with the minority. It is completed by persuading the majority, by showing the reason and the of the step forward, and that is accomplished by appealing to the intelligence of the majority.”

Reason Steps Progress Majority Accomplished Minorities Steps Forward Persuading

Author:George William Curtis

“It is always the minorities that hold the key of progress.”

Progress Keys Minorities

Author:Raymond B. Fosdick

“What may be possible for a minority of humankind, albeit at great cost, simply cannot work for the humankind. Our kind of progress depends on lacerating the Earth,on gouging out its riches, on stripping is life-sustaining skin of soil and forest”

Kind May Earth Progress Depends Cost Skins Riches Forests Soil Minorities Humankind Sustaining Stripping

Author:Jonathon Porritt

“The direction and rhythm of human progress do not depend on the masses, even when they add up to hundreds of millions; they depend on superior minorities.”

Humans Millions Progress Depends Mass Add Superiors Rhythm Minorities Human Progress

Book:Egalitarian Envy: The Political Foundations of Social Justice

Source: Egalitarian Envy: The Political Foundations of Social Justice

“Creativity is the foundation of wealth. All progress comes from the creative minority. Under capitalism, wealth is less a stock of goods than a flow of ideas, the defining characteristic of which is surprise. If it were not surprising, we could plan it, and socialism would work.”

Ifs Ideas Wealth Creativity Creative Progress Plans Capitalism Flow Foundation Surprise Socialism Characteristics Minorities Goods Surprising Defining

Author:George Gilder

“Unfortunately, the belief that women are a minority is endemic in most cultures around the world. Obviously some take it to the extreme where violence against women is legal and supported and in other cultures it is more subversive and easy to dismiss as "progress."”

World Culture Belief Easy Progress Violence Extremes Around The World Minorities Violence Against Women Subversive Other Cultures

Author:Gillian Anderson