“I am convinced that the majority of American people do understand that we have a moral responsibility to foster the concepts of opportunity, free enterprise, the rule of law, and democracy. They understand that these values are the hope of the world.” PeopleWorldLawValuesOpportunityResponsibilityMoralDemocracyConceptsMajorityConvincedEnterpriseRule Of LawFree EnterpriseMoral Responsibility Author:Richard Lugar
“A new breed of Americans born out of the social movements of the 60s and grown into a majority in the 70s holds a set of values so markedly different from the traditional outlook that they promise to transform the character of work in America in the 80s.” DifferentCharacterAmericaValuesSocialBornWorkMovementPromiseMajorityTraditional80sOutlookSocial Movements Author:Daniel Yankelovich
“There is no such thing as a value-free concept of deviance; to say homosexuals are deviant because they are a statistical minority is, in practice, to stigmatize them. Nuns are rarely classed as deviants for the same reason, although if they obey their vows they clearly differ very significantly from the great majority of people.” PeopleIfsReasonValuesPracticeConceptsMajorityMinoritiesHomosexualVowNunDeviantsDeviance Book:The Homosexualization of America Source: The Homosexualization of America
“Over the past 10 years, the majority of value creation in the venture community has been in consumer Internet.” YearsHas BeensPastValuesCommunityCreationInternetMajorityConsumersVentureOver The Past Author:Bill Gurley
“Courage is a terribly important value. It means you don’t run away when things are tough. It means you don’t turn away from a friend when he or she is in trouble. It means standing up against the majority opinion... There’s a lot of people who won’t wear it on their sleeve, or display it through some heroic act. But courage is having the strength to do what’s honorable and decent.” PeopleMeanImportantRunningValuesTurnsOpinionCourageTroubleToughStandingMajorityDecentHeroicRunning AwayDisplayHonorableSleevesHeroic ActsImportant ValuesMajority Opinion Author:George H. W. Bush
“Without the values at the core of Christianity and other world religions, without moral norms that have been shaped over millennia, people will inevitably lose their human dignity. One must respect every minority’s right to be different, but the rights of the majority must not be put into question.” PeopleWorldHumansHas BeensDifferentValuesLosesMoralChristianityDignityMajorityCoreMinoritiesNormOther WorldsHuman DignityWorld Religions Author:Vladimir Putin
“I really don't want to produce artwork that does not have meaning beyond simple decorative values. I want to use public space to create a public voice, and a public consciousness about the presence of people who are, in fact, the majority of the population but who are not represented in any visual way. By telling their stories we are giving voice to the voiceless and visualizing the whole of the American story.” PeopleWayWantGivingDoeWholeFactsStoriesUseValuesVoiceSimpleSpaceConsciousnessProduceMajorityPopulationVisualsArtworkVoicelessVisualizingGiving Voice Author:Judy Baca
“What frightens me about America today is that in the large majority there is no active sense of the value of the individual: few citizens feel that they are the Republic, responsible for what happens. And when the individual in a democracy ceases to feel his importance, then there is grave danger that he will give over his freedom, if not to a Fascist State, then to the advertising men or Publicity Agents or to the newspaper he happens to read.” IfsMenGivingFeelsStatesHappensTodayAmericaValuesIndividualUnited StatesDemocracyDangerCitizensImportanceResponsibleMajorityActiveNewspapersGravesCeaseAdvertisingAgentsRepublicPublicityFascistsAmerica Today Author:May Sarton
“We do know for sure that good Irish Catholics followed their faith in the direction of inclusion, compassion, equality, justice, and a host of other Catholic values when they voted with the majority despite some clergymen’s efforts to lead them astray.” KnowsValuesJusticeEffortCompassionCatholicMajorityDespiteHostInclusionClergymen Author:Mary E. Hunt