“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.” ThinkingHumansWarEnoughProcessEffortRaceBreakDemocracyProgressSocietyRevolutionTownsDrivenAwakeningMinoritiesNow And ThenReformationHaltBarbariansBreak ThroughFrench RevolutionHuman ProgressHorde Author:H. L. Mencken
“If you are a woman, if you're a person of color, if you are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, if you are a person of size, if you are a person of intelligence, if you are a person of integrity, then you are considered a minority in this world. And it's going to be really hard to find messages of self-love and support anywhere. Especially women's and gay men's culture. It's all about how you have to look a certain way, or else you're worthless... For us to have self-esteem is truly an act of revolution, and our revolution is long overdue.” IfsWorldWayLooksPersonsLongSelfHardCertainSupportSelf EsteemThis WorldColorRevolutionSelf LoveIntegrityGayMessagesSizeEsteemMinoritiesWorthlessFind MeTransgenderBisexualOverdue Author:Margaret Cho
“The annals of the French Revolution prove that the knowledge of the few cannot counteract the ignorance of the many.... The light of philosophy, when it is confined to a small minority, points out the possessors as the victims rather than the illuminators of the multitude.” PhilosophyLightAtheismIgnoranceRevolutionProveVictimPositive AtheismMinoritiesMultitudesConfinedFrench Revolution Book:The Friend: a series of essays ... First American, from the second London edition Source: The Friend: a series of essays ... First American, from the second London edition
“The Vietnam War was taking place, which was raising all sorts of questions in the United States, and it was forcing Asian-Americans to stop thinking of themselves as model minorities and to identify themselves more with world revolution, which was very important in my development.” ThinkingWorldImportantWarStatesUnitedUnited StatesRevolutionDevelopmentModelsMinoritiesVietnamAsianVietnam WarAsian American Author:Grace Lee Boggs
“No real social change has ever been brought about without a revolution - Revolution is but thought carried into action. Every effort for progress, for enlightenment, for science, for religious, political, and economic liberty, emanates from the minority, and not from the mass.” RealActionPoliticalSocialReligiousEffortLibertyProgressEconomicRevolutionMassEnlightenmentMinoritiesSocial ChangeEmanate Author:Emma Goldman
“If by the mere force of numbers a majority should deprive a minority of any clearly written constitutional right, it might, in a moral point of view, justify revolution.” IfsShouldMightForceViewsNumbersLibertyMoralWrittenRevolutionMajorityMerePoint Of ViewLibertarianMinoritiesJustifyLibertarianism Author:Abraham Lincoln