Quotes by Minorities The problem with a popular art form is that those who want something more are in a hopeless minority compared with the millions who are always seeing it for the first time, or for the reassurance and gratification of seeing the conventions fulfilled again. Pauline Kael minoritieswant-somethingart Nevertheless, I don't hesitate to say that elections in Germany are decided in the center, not on the fringes and not in the accumulation of minority interests. Peer Steinbruck germanyelectionminorities In the first 50 years of the filibuster, it was used only 35 times. But the last Congress alone had 112 cloture motions filed, plus threats of more. Peter Fenn minoritieslastsyears The thing about frontiers, it allows the individuals who are best, whether they're men or women or minorities or whatever, to step to the top. So in traditional societies, old world societies, in the United Kingdom if you would; if you were born into the right stratus, the right class, you had the ability to succeed. Peter Diamandis minoritiesclassmen Revolutions, we must remember, are always made by minorities. Peter Kropotkin minoritiesdrugwar The society of organizations is new-only seventy years ago employees were a small minority in every society. Peter Drucker minoritiesorganizationyears Education and knowledge are the power of the minorities in this country Philip Vera Cruz education-and-knowledgeminoritiescountry Absolute dominion of a powerful people by a minority always produces national aggression. Philip Wylie minoritiespowerfulpeople The restriction of religion to private life therefore does not necessarily threaten the vital interests of the majority religion, if there is one, and it protects minority religions from tyranny of the majority. Phillip E. Johnson majorityminoritiesdoe Perhaps only some young women, perhaps only a minority of all women, will be able to effect such changes through consciousness alone, through the strength of understanding, which, if transformed into wisdom, always means the performance of necessary actions. Phyllis Chesler minoritiesunderstandingmean I don't use the word minority because there is nothing minor about me. Piri Thomas minorsminoritiesuse We must overcome...all forms of racism. The problem of intolerance should be dealt with as a whole: every time a minority is persecuted and marginalized...the good of the whole society is in danger. Pope Francis minoritiesracismovercoming While the earnings of a minority are growing exponentially, so too is the gap separating the majority from the prosperity enjoyed by those happy few. This imbalance is the result of ideologies which defend the absolute autonomy of the marketplace and financial speculation. Consequently, they reject the right of states, charged with vigilance for the common good, to exercise any form of control. Pope Francis minoritiesgrowingexercise All novels are about certain minorities: the individual is a minority. The universal in the novel-and isn't that what we're all clamoring for these days?-is reached only through the depiction of the specific man in a specific circumstance. Ralph Ellison individualminoritiesmen All novels are about certain minorities: the individual is a minority. Ralph Ellison individualminoritiescertain Can you imagine in 2016 there is a discussion about #OscarsSoWhite? Is it a novelty we've just discovered that the whole production machine is dominated by only one type of human being, excluding women, excluding gays, excluding minorities? This is not new. Raoul Peck noveltyminoritiesgay It is always the minorities that hold the key of progess; it is always through those who are unafraid to be different that advance comes to human society. Raymond B. Fosdick minoritiesdifferentkeys It is always the minorities that hold the key of progress. Raymond B. Fosdick progressminoritieskeys We are against the majority tyrannizing the minority. But we are definitely against the minority tyrannizing the majority. Recep Tayyip Erdogan offensivemajorityminorities A Confucian or Jewish love of learning would gain minorities far more than any affirmative action laws we might pass. Richard Lamm minoritieslawmight«7891011121314151617»
