Majority & Minority Quotes (1858 Quotes)

A government in which the majority rule in all cases cannot be based on justice, even as far as men understand it.

We will make clear again that the only recognizable stable government option is the Christian Democrats, the Christian Social Union and the Free Democrats, that the others are dodging the question of who they actually want to put a majority together with.

We had a full lineup, picked them up full court, put pressure on their guards and got a lot of easy baskets early on. I think we held them to under double digits for the majority of the half.

Maynard really created the new Atlanta. What is known as the capital of the New South came from his insistence that minorities, including women, be allowed into business.

The foundation stone of the whole scheme is service. Service to the people, a service that will lighten, brighten, and make more profitable the lives of the majority who do the necessary work of the world.

It is relatively easy for the IRS to verify the returns and reported income of taxpayers whose income results from wages, interest and dividends, and who take the standard deduction, who comprise the majority of taxpayers, ... It is harder, and often requires audits, to verify the income of taxpayers with other forms of income and deductions.

Carol Moseley-Braun is just the latest victim of increasing sentiment expressed by an increasing number of Republican senators that I think is very dangerous for this country and very, very harmful to the progress we've made on minority rights over many decades,

It's a strange feeling to go from being fringe, ridiculed and called un-American or being ignored to representing the majority view and having these counterprotesters look pretty desperate,

Success, recognition, and conformity are the bywords of the modern world where everyone seems to crave the anesthetizing security of being identified with the majority.

I'm pretty sure if I can be on the court the majority of the time, if Kobe can be on the court most of the time, if we can stay healthy, we can make the postseason,

He can't run the parliament, but it won't eat him alive - and a fractured parliament is better than a majority working against him.

We fought them off for the majority of the game.

The test of tolerance comes when we are in a majority the test of courage comes when we are in a minority.

The funny thing is, people's perceptions of what a song is about is usually wrong a majority of the time. But they're still going to read what they want to into it.

While Fed policy-makers have suggested a need to see weak post -war data before being convinced of any need to cut ... it is entirely possible that the recent pre -war data have been sufficiently shocking ... to make a majority of them keen to move before the next meeting.

We had confidence that when we were able to show what the facts were in this election that there would be no doubt who was really chosen by the majority of Greensboro voters.

I think right now it is a serious race and it's a competitive race, but it is somewhat on hold because I think a majority of people are waiting to see how things are playing out in the courts, how the charges are settled.

I am glad that the minority community took an interest. However, I am driving for myself.

It will be a UARC presidency. His decision yesterday shows he's willing to go against the majority of the university.

Would you be notified of other kind of minority groups moving in

A majority isn't enough we've got to break a filibuster over there, ... That's a sad commentary on the state of where this Congress is.

with an overwhelming majority.

In a majority of cases, these people could become thoughtful, sensitive, remorseful adults.

He has the middle class characteristics that might have appeal outside of Denver. He's not a member of a minority group. He has a background in business, and he's a fresh face.

This confirmed my worst fears. We can see that the majority are out of form and after this game I'm just left with headaches.

Any major change to convention regulations requires a three-fourths vote. Japan has a quarter block over the minority on most issues. That creates an uphill hurdle when it comes to increasing or decreasing protection for whales.

With exceptional efficiency and amiability, he led a court that put the brakes on some of the excesses of the Earl Warren era while keeping pace with the sentiments of a majority of the country. His administration of the court was brilliantly if quietly effective, making him one of the most impressive chief justices of the past hundred years.

My favorite movie is 'Crash,' but I'm in the minority. This year, the movies dealt with social issues, and I am pleased to see that rise to the surface.

They are in a slightly different situation than the other suppliers, ... The majority of their oil comes from the North Sea, so they are not, to this point, affected by some of the recent weather conditions.

We saw an increase in aspirin use among U. S adults since 1999, with a majority of adults using aspirin to reduce the chance of a heart attack or stroke. Aspirin use among those with diabetes is also increasing to reduce the risk of cardiovascular complications. The trend is encouraging, especially in times when prevalence of other cardiovascular risk factors, such as obesity and diabetes, is increasing.

It is very clear that if this document is going to determine the future course of the WTO, the majority of people in the world would be worse off.

The market softens now because they anticipate those guys going fishing and they anticipate cheaper crabs on the market really soon. It takes about two weeks to mop up the majority of that fishery up there, so hopefully when that starts tapering off we can afford to go fishing again.

I'm pretty optimistic. We are not really tall or flashy, but are fundamentally sound. We have a majority of our team returning.

It would be a tragic mistake for us out here to imagine that Bush represents the hearts and the minds of the majority of your countrymen. Many of your black and other compatriots must be just as anguished as we are.

I hear many condemn these men Founding Fathers because they were so few. When were the good and the brave ever in a majority

It's very unlikely for anyone to shift the balance in Egypt as long as the majority remains silent.

People found out they aren't as aggressive as they thought. For the majority of investors, they should be tweaking their portfolios more conservatively.

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We have a system of testing that seeks to fail the majority of our students.

The last 18 months have shown some progress for low-wage workers. But the majority of gains have been at the upper end. My guess is that the gap is going to be widening. Is everyone going to be better off I don't think that narrowing is going to be a long-term trend.

But it really leads us to believe he doesn't understand the sensitivity of minority groups, especially the gay and lesbian community. At least with this explanation, we can put the matter to rest.

Sportsmen represent a very important constituency to this campaign. They reflect, in many cases, the interests and views of a majority of Americans and rural America.

Your political system is actually too democratic. The fact that Americans vote on every bill and proposition can prolong bigotry indefinitely, especially where it is aimed at minority groups.

The vast majority, who believe in astrology and think that the planets have nothing better to do than form a code that will tell them whether tomorrow is a good day to close a business deal or not, become all the more excited and enthusiastic about t.

If the speaker and the majority leader in the Senate are interested in this, they should join with us in getting to the bottom of what went on in bringing this country to war,

Larry was side-by-side with me for the majority of my career and served an important role in my company, as well as for my family. Larry was a good friend to us, someone we considered one of the family.

He said that the majority of my constituents do not support gay marriage, and he hoped that I would not succumb to the more extreme elements who were supporting the bill,

Every new opinion, at its starting, is precisely in a minority of one.

I knew from the get-go that we had to win this. We just saw that this Republican effort to take both the majority and the minority of the legislature had to be stopped.

We have eleven seniors, so it was a nice day to celebrate, the last game at home that a lot of us will have. It's nice to celebrate the girls who make up a lot of the experience of our team, as well as the majority of our numbers.