“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
“They are having quite an argument over Treasury Secretary Mellon's Tax Bill. Mr. Mellon wants to cut the surtax on the rich, and leave it as is on the poor, as there is more poor than rich. I suppose the majority will win.” WantWinningPoorRichCuttingTaxesArgumentBillsMajoritySecretaryTreasury Author:Will Rogers
“The majority don't like me before the curtain goes up, and I always have to win them.” WinningMajorityLike MeCurtainsDon't Like Me Author:David Hare
“If a betting game among a certain number of participants I played long enough, eventually one player will have all the money. If there is any skill involved, it will accelerate the process of concentrating all the stakes in a few hands. Something like this happens in the market. There is a persistent overall tendency for equity to flow from the many to the few. In the long run, the majority loses. The implication for the trader is that to win you have to act like the minority. If you bring normal human habits and tendencies to trading, you'll gravitate toward the majority and inevitably lose.” IfsHumansLongEnoughHandsHappensRunningCertainGamesWinningProcessLosesNumbersPlayerHabitInvolvedSkillsNormalFlowMajorityTendenciesMinoritiesStakesLong RunsTradingEquityPersistentImplicationsParticipantsConcentratingTradersAccelerateBetting Author:William Eckhardt
“In spite of Bush's win, the majority of Americans still think the country is headed in the wrong direction (56%), think the war wasn't worth fighting (51%), and don't approve of the job George W. Bush is doing (52%).” ThinkingStillsWarCountryJobsFightingWinningMajoritySpiteWrong Direction Author:Michael Moore