Quotes by Minorities You preferred to be a lunatic, a minority of one. George Orwell lunatic minorities I've always had questions about what it meant to be a protester, to be in the minority. Are the people who are trying to find peace, who are trying to have the Constitution apply to everybody, are they really the radicals? We're not protesting from the outside. We're inside. Gil Scott-Heron minorities trying people Unfortunately, the belief that women are a minority is endemic in most cultures around the world. Obviously some take it to the extreme where violence against women is legal and supported and in other cultures it is more subversive and easy to dismiss as "progress." Gillian Anderson progress other-cultures minorities Perhaps a lunatic was simply a minority of one. At one time it had been a sign of madness to believe that the Earth goes round the Sun; today, to believe the past is inalterable. He might be alone in holding that belief, and if alone, then a lunatic. But the thought of being a lunatic did not greatly trouble him; the horror was that he might also be wrong. George Orwell minorities believe past "A minority of one"... the definition of insanity. George Orwell minorities crazy insanity The direction and rhythm of human progress do not depend on the masses, even when they add up to hundreds of millions; they depend on superior minorities. Gonzalo Fernandez de la Mora progress minorities add Don't let anyone call you a minority if you're black or Hispanic or belong to some other ethnic group. You're not less than anybody else. Gwendolyn Brooks minorities groups black When you use the term minority or minorities in reference to people, you're telling them that they're less than somebody else. Gwendolyn Brooks minorities use people Democracy cannot survive without the guidance of a creative minority. Harlan F. Stone minorities democracy creative History teaches us that there have been but few infringements of personal liberty by the state which have not been justified, as they are here, in the name of righteousness and the public good, and few which have not been directed, as they are now, at politically helpless minorities. Harlan F. Stone minorities liberty names And, even if Affirmative Action survives, it is also clear that these policies are not themselves sufficient to close the educational and employment gaps that plague U.S. minorities. Harry J. Holzer gaps minorities educational The last thing the Province needs is a minority government Hazel McCallion minorities government needs It is only doubt that creates. It is only the minority that counts. H. L. Mencken minorities doubt This is the age in which thin and theoretic minorities can cover and conquer unconscious and untheoretic majorities. Gilbert K. Chesterton progress minorities age The majority is always wrong; the minority is rarely right. Henrik Ibsen majority minorities literature I grew up as a discriminated minority in a dictatorship, so obviously the issue of human rights is a matter of concern for me. Henry A. Kissinger minorities issues rights A minority is powerless while it conforms to the majority. Henry David Thoreau catchy majority minorities Everyone, especially minorities of race and ethnicity, now live under a surveillance panoptican. Henry Giroux ethnicity minorities race A nation riven by factions, in which the minority has no hope of ever becoming a majority, or in which some group knows it is perpetually outcast, will seem oppressive to its members, whatever the legal pretensions. Henry A. Kissinger majority minorities groups The intellectual heritage of the race belongs to the minority. H. L. Mencken minorities intellectual race «1234567891011»
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