“When they say you're the best, I always remember that the majority of the audience probably thinks someone else should have gotten the award.” ThinkingShouldRememberAudienceShould HaveMajorityAwardsYou Re The Best Author:Brad Paisley
“Many in local government will ask why should only a few areas have the freedoms and benefits of Enterprise Zone status while the majority lose out?” ShouldGovernmentAsksLosesBenefitsAreasMajorityLocalsEnterpriseZoneLocal Government Author:Andy Sawford
“If it be admitted that a man, possessing absolute power, may misuse that power by wronging his adversaries, why should a majority not be liable to the same reproach? Men are not apt to change their character by agglomeration; nor does their patience in the presence of obstacles increase with the consciousness of their strength. And for these reasons I can never willingly invest any number of my fellow creatures with that unlimited authority which I should refuse to any one of them.” IfsMenShouldMayDoeI CanReasonCharacterNumbersConsciousnessCreaturesAuthorityIncreaseAbsolutesFellowsMajorityRefuseObstaclesUnlimitedAdversariesPossessingLiableReproachMisuseAbsolute Power Book:American Institutions and Their Influence Source: American Institutions and Their Influence
“To avoid repeating the mistakes of the past, an alert citizenry today should take the trouble to learn how easy it can be for a powerful minority to manipulate information to win the support-or the indifference-of the majority towards an action.” ShouldTodayActionPastWinningEasyPowerfulMistakeSupportTroubleInformationMajorityIndifferenceMinoritiesManipulateCitizenry Book:Propaganda and the Ethics of Persuasion Source: Propaganda and the Ethics of Persuasion
“The whole attempt to advance the kind of consumer society that depends for its growth on the ceaseless stimulation of unlimited covetousness among the rich, while the poor majority rot in their poverty-this is surely something against which a Christian should be a nonconformist.” ShouldKindWholeChristianGrowthPoorPovertyRichDependsMajorityConsumersConsumerismUnlimitedOverconsumptionStimulationCovetousnessNonconformist Author:Lesslie Newbigin
“California has become the first American state where there is no majority race, and we're doing just fine. If you look around the room, you can see a microcosm of what we can do in the world. . . . You should be hopeful on balance about the future. But it's like any future since the beginning of time -- you're going to have to make it.” IfsWorldShouldFirstsLooksStatesCan DoRoomsRaceFineBalanceMajorityCaliforniaHopefulMicrocosm Author:William J. Clinton
“Major League Baseball should retire Roberto Clemente's number, just like they did Jackie Robinson's.” ShouldNumbersMajorsBaseballMajorityLeagueRetiringJackieMajor LeagueMajor League Baseball Author:Carlos Beltran