Majority & Minority Quotes (1858 Quotes)

This Mirabeau's work, then, is done. He sleeps with the primeval giants. He has gone over to the majority Abiit ad plures.

The Super Bowl is an international event. The majority of people watching it is watching it for the entertainment. What we really want to do is put on the very best show we can for our viewers.

It's just a much larger group of policies and the market has obviously seen much more distress since then. It's going to be more difficult if not impossible to place all these policies. The majority we're expecting to end up in Citizens.

Ernie Els wants metal detectors used to prevent spectators carrying mobile phones and cameras onto the course. The problem is rife in new golfing destinations such as China, where the European Tour will spend five weeks this year. Els would like a strict line taken at all events, although the world No. 3 admits the cost could be too much for smaller tournaments. I'm sure if you asked the players the majority would say yes, ... It would be great, but it will take a lot of manpower and money.

I've played through it, but it just got to the point where that was it. I couldn't basically run. I feel good about doing everything I could. I battled through a majority of the season, especially the last two weeks.

The worst enemy of truth and freedom in our society is the compact majority.

It makes sense because there's a big demand to increase participation of minority patients. You want your patient population to mirror the population at large.

There are about the same number of ethics issues in both parties. But when you're the majority party you get disproportionately more scrutiny.

We believe our use of the nickname and logo is respectful and appropriate. ... A recent statewide poll showed our nickname is not offensive to a majority of American Indian people and, interestingly, one of four Indians polled indicate support for UND would be reduced if we changed the name. We are awaiting the results of our appeal to the NCAA.

As far as our club is concerned, that's where the majority of the proceeds from this project go.

Of course terror has a role in the disengagement. It convinced us that Gaza was not worth holding onto and awakened us to the demographic danger. It took two intifadas for a majority of Israelis to decide that Gaza is not worth it.

For many Chileans, it is a very sad day, a black day in Chile's history. But at the same time, for a minority of 30 to 40 percent, it is the day of Chile's liberation from Marxism.

I believe the motion ... next Monday will pass by a large majority. I hope very much that (before then) on Thursday I can reach an agreement with the prime minister.

Considering that the majority of the staff are freshmen and earn awards as freshmen it's a good indication of next year. I was also very pleased to see sophomores win, it will help them transition to a four-year school. I also feel they learned that what they do makes a difference.

On a candid examination of history, we shall find that turbulence, violence, and abuse of power, by the majority, trampling on the rights of the minority, have produced factions and commotions which, in republics, have, more frequently than any other.

That's what the Senate is about. It's the last bastion of minority rights, where a minority can be heard, where a minority can stand on its feet, one individual if necessary, and speak until he falls into the dust.

I think the majority of the players who leave early aren't successful. You have more failure stories than success stories with that, but that's the nature of our game right now.

You will see a similar pattern among all business groups. The majority of members of the major committees are now Republican, and certainly the key leaders are.

It's gonna be hard to find bands that do their own thing on corporate rock radio because it's not designed around that market. The majority of people that listen to commercial radio don't care about music and you can't get them to care about music.

I'd say the majority of the films I go see are art films, but I sometimes like to see big-budget pictures.

(These decisions) will resolve the majority of those concerns. We can now see the lay of the land and hire more staff according to need.

Unlike the majority of the writers of his age, La Rochefoucauld was an aristocrat; and this fact gives a peculiar tone to his work.

People on either extreme would not be thrilled. But the vast majority would be extremely pleased if the president could find another Judge Roberts out there. Somebody of superb and unquestioned legal qualifications, devoted more to the law than promoting a particular agenda.

As for our majority... one is enough.

I would summarize the quarter as balanced, with solid results in a majority of areas,

In the U.S. and Canada, the majority of our pricing, which we began to take post-Labor Day, is in place and it is holding.

widespread use of torture, persecution of minority groups and the denial of freedom of speech, association and religion

I want to see a fairer allocation of road dollars coming to northwest Arkansas from Little Rock. I have every intention of being a loud and persistent voice for northwest Arkansas when dealing with the majority House leadership.

We're going to hang tough. The majority of it is mental. Once you start winning you get confidence going. You can't get used to losing.

Bobby has gotten considerably better, ... We thought as a staff, if he was able to take a majority of the snaps instead of 50-50, it would give him a chance to excel.

Especially in minority communities ... residents believe the police have used excessive force, that law enforcement is too aggressive, that law enforcement is too biased, disrespectful and unfair.

What we have is low snow in the majority of the snowmobiling regions of the province.

We're going with the same lineup that we've gone with the majority of year.

Danny has got so much NRL experience and he is a popular member of the team. He leads from the front and he's going to be there for the majority of the game as well. He doesn't speak much - but his actions will do the talking for him. He's an inspiration with the way he carries the ball.

Given what side you're on, you could look at this and say it's a 21 percent spread among people who support it and oppose it. On the other hand, the majority is slim.

When you belong to a minority, you have to be better in order to have the right to be equal.

We got the final word early last summer and it was tough news to take. Miles played a majority of the minutes a year before, but that's what high school hockey is all about. You have to find guys to replace departing players.

There are hardly any schools giving four-year bachelor's degrees in automotive, and that creates a dilemma because you are asking for a person with technical experience and academic experience at a level that the majority of the people you are trying to employ don't have.

squandered a huge Commons majority, the goodwill of the people of this country, and the best set of economic conditions any government has ever inherited.

This type of discussion of having some kind of a wider agreement is a thing that belongs to the past and today there is a majority, the majority has the right and the duty to govern.

To meet the expectations of the majority of our people, and to open up new vistas of economic opportunity so that the aspirations of Nigerians can stand a fair chance of being fulfilled in a lifetime, there must be a truly committed leadership in a democratic Nigeria.

The new administration must be broad-based with a mandate to speak for a majority of the people of Afghanistan,

It is precisely because the issue raised by this case touches the heart of what makes individuals what they are that we should be especially sensitive to the rights of those whose choices upset the majority.

My main objective is to prepare candidates for professional baseball; however, the majority of our graduates will go home as much better qualified amateurs.

Now that they have decided to not come so close to personal property, I don't think any of us in Grandview have as many issues to discuss with the developer. As long as the creek remains within its nature bed and as long as the tree cover and wood remain intact, the majority of our complaints have been answered.

The silent majority really is a liberal majority, even though the word liberal has taken a real beating over the last 20 years by radical conservatives.

Well, it seems to me Lincoln, I suppose, is kind of a model of a particular sort of presidency, a presidency that first of all is elected by a minority of the votes.

Democracy with its semi-civilization sincerely cherishes junk. The artist's power should be spiritual. But the power of the majority is material. When these worlds meet occasionally, it is pure coincidence.

Their non-conference schedule (was) equal to ours. The majority of people at our level, you can throw out the first 10 or 12 games. It's a little unrealistic.

The value of the majority lies not in the opportunity to wield great power, but in the chance to use power to do great things.