Quotes by category:Majority

According to the prevailing mythology, to be younger is to be better; therefore, we should expect to find young people in the majority of those who reflect high well-being... In fact, the one finding that registered more consistently and emphatically than any other in the course of my research was this: Older is better.

majority age people

The words "silent majority" are very descriptive of what is happe... by Donald Trump

The words "silent majority" are very descriptive of what is happening with me.

silent-majority silent majority

That a majority of the Abolitionists in this place would patronize a free labor store, in preference to others, I do not doubt; but we do not muster money in Cincinnati.

Gamaliel Bailey

preference majority doubt

The only kind of coercion I recommend is mutual coercion, mutually agreed upon by the majority of the people affected.

majority coercion people

If an action must be taken that will benefit the majority at the cost of the minority, is it morally indefensible? If an action taken for the benefit of a majority occurs at the expense of a minority, is it moral action?

majority minorities taken

I am not leaving twitter. If the mindless few defeat the thoughtf... by Gary Lineker

I am not leaving twitter. If the mindless few defeat the thoughtful majority we are all doomed.

thoughtful majority leaving

Thou shalt not steal, except by majority vote. by Gary North

Thou shalt not steal, except by majority vote.

majority-vote majority vote

In Britain, polls show large majorities in favour of mansion taxes and higher taxes on the finance sector.

favour finance majority

Supreme power rests in the will of all or of the majority. by Georg Buchner

Supreme power rests in the will of all or of the majority.

supreme-power majority power

The majority of the people I work with are more than musicians and singers, they are personal friends and friends help each other.

majority musician people

The opinion of the majority is not lightly to be rejected; but neither is it to be carelessly echoed.

George Henry Lewes

rejected majority opinion

Making a movie about one group of people isolates the larger majority. That's what I require of the projects that I'm involved with. I would not ever make a movie strictly for Latinos.

majority groups people

The mind of the many is not the mind of God. by George MacDonald

The mind of the many is not the mind of God.

George MacDonald

Vulgarity in a king flatters the majority of the nation. by George Bernard Shaw

Vulgarity in a king flatters the majority of the nation.

George Bernard Shaw

royalty majority kings

In the US the overwhelming majority of those executed are psychotic, alcoholic, drug addicted or mentally unstable. They frequently are raised in an impoverished and abusive environment. Seldom are people with money or prestige convicted of capital offenses, even more seldom are they executed.

majority drug people

The minorities are sometimes right. The majorities never. by George Bernard Shaw

The minorities are sometimes right. The majorities never.

George Bernard Shaw

majority minorities sometimes

Majorities are generally wrong, if only in their reasons for bein... by George Saintsbury

Majorities are generally wrong, if only in their reasons for being right.

George Saintsbury

majority ifs reason

The vast majority of our imports come from outside the country. by George W. Bush

The vast majority of our imports come from outside the country.

funny-bush majority country

The immense majority of human biographies are a gray transit betw... by George Steiner

The immense majority of human biographies are a gray transit between domestic spasm and oblivion.

oblivion majority biographies

The large majority of faith-based people are decent, fair-minded people. We should not characterize people of faith as the adversaries of GLBT equality.

majority should people