Best Silent Majority Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“It's hard for me to stay silent when I keep hearing that peace is only attainable through war.”

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“I believe that if the silent majority were to protest against those who believe in irrational blind faith - who want to go backwards instead of forward, who are for tradition not innovation, who oppose individualism and plurality of thought - then the world would become a truly civilized world in which to live.”

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Author:Taslima Nasrin

“The great silent majority.”

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Author:Richard M. Nixon

“There is a limit to the success of conservative populism and the exploitation of "little guy" or "silent majority" rhetoric, and it is very often reached because of the emaciated, corrupted personalities of the demagogues themselves.”

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Book:For the Sake of Argument: Essays and Minority Reports

Source: For the Sake of Argument: Essays and Minority Reports

“Whether we consider Nazi Germany or Abu Ghraib prison, there were many people who observed what was happening and said nothing. At Abu Ghraib, one photo shows two soldiers smiling before a pyramid of naked prisoners while a dozen other soldiers stand around watching passively. If you observe such abuses and don't say, "This is wrong! Stop it!" you give tacit approval to continue. You are part of the silent majority that makes evil deeds more acceptable.”

“People who are against hate are not a fringe minority, not even a silent majority, but are a silenced majority, silenced by the corporate media.”

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Author:Amy Goodman

“Self-censorship as a result of intimidation or social pressures, sometimes referred to as "political correctness", constitutes a serious obstacle to the proper functioning of democracy. It is important to hear the views of all persons,including the "silent majority", and to give heed to the weaker voices.”

“When the silent majority opens its mouth, it is usually to yawn.”

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Author:Gerd de Ley

“The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.”

“Those who hate you don't win unless you hate them back.”

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Author:Richard M. Nixon

“The media is putting a lot of emphasis on the few people that are destroying, while it won't report on the silent majority of people who are constructing, building and trying to find their way.”

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Author:Tariq Ramadan

“The silent majority, that's actually an invention of Richard Nixon's.”

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Author:Rush Limbaugh

“Remember, always give your best. Never get discouraged. Never be petty. Always remember, others may hate you. But those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.”

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Author:Richard M. Nixon

“Tonight - to you, the great silent majority of my fellow Americans - I ask for your support.”

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Author:Richard M. Nixon

“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”

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Book:The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain

Source: The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain

“It does not do to rely too much on silent majorities, Evey, for silence is a fragile thing, one loud noise, and its gone. But the people are so cowed and disorganised. A few might take the opportunity to protest, but it'll just be a voice crying in the wilderness. Noise is relative to the silence preceding it. The more absolute the hush, the more shocking the thunderclap. Our masters have not heard the people's voice for generations, Evey and it is much, much louder than they care to remember.”

“Let us understand: North Vietnam cannot defeat or humiliate the United States. Only Americans can do that.”

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Author:Richard M. Nixon

“Let historians not record that when America was the most powerful nation in the world we passed on the other side of the road and allowed the last hopes for peace and freedom of millions of people to be suffocated by the forces of totalitarianism. And so tonightto you, the great silent majority of my fellow AmericansI ask for your support.”

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Author:Richard M. Nixon

“A silent majority and government by the people is incompatible.”

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Author:Tom Hayden

“The silent majority really is a liberal majority, even though the word liberal has taken a real beating over the last 20 years by radical conservatives.”

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Author:Robert Reich

“Feminism has never emerged from the women who are most victimized by sexist oppression; women who are daily beaten down, mentally, physically, and spiritually - women who are powerless to change their condition in life. They are a silent majority.”

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Book:Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center

Source: Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center