In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.
Edmund Burke
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That the desires of the majority of the people are often for injustice and inhumanity against the minority, is demonstrated by every page of the history of the whole world.
John Adams
In Republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority.
James Madison
Most Chinese could only speak one local dialect before 1949 when New China was founded. More and more people are 'bilingual' nowadays, as they can speak both Mandarin and a dialect or a language of an ethnic minority.
Chen Zhangtai
We need the money. This all came about because the Minority Health Coalition closed, but there was still the need.
Renetta Williams
Mr. Germany is completely and unequivocally innocent ... ... He worked with Cooper Green Hospital and supported minority (businesses).
Raymond Johnson
The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.
Ralph W. Sockman
Our hope is that these funds will help catapult the (project) into one of the nation's leading efforts to eliminate health disparities among minority populations.
Stephen Thomas
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
It's like using the 'n word' with the history of being insensitive to a minority group.
As'ad Abukhalil
It would be illegal to apply this proposed definition to any federal contract. The minority small business community is not well served by a resolution that flies in the face of existing laws.
Aida Alvarez
We [the NAACP] were the only minority. No Latinos, no Asians, no Mohammed, no Lopez, no Nguyen. Just me.
Toni Thorn
Political Islam has proven a formidable force even though Islamic movements or organizations often constitute a minority of the community.
John Esposito
Michael's position is in the minority. The consensus is the scientific debate is all but over.
Patrick Michaels
We're the minority here but we're the majority in the state.
Rudy Thered
The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking.
A. A. Milne
We will not allow a minority to dictate to us how to live our lives.
Craig David
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
The acts of the minority are affecting the majority and causing the closure of public lands. Just because of a few people that break the law we have to suffer.
Barb Anderson
We were looking for the best candidate. We have a global search here for the right candidate, and it didn't matter if they were a minority.
Larry Harvey
The Congress Government is doing all these things to get the minority support during the coming Assembly election.
Dilip Saikia
You can't create a majority with this election. You can increase the regular minority vote on the council, but you're not going to change the outcome.
James Simmons
It's not been about consensus-building or about solving problems by hearing everyone's opinion. It's more about getting the right head-count. It is very difficult being in the minority.
Nanette Harrington
Many more Arizona businesses are seeing the changing ethnic minority population shifts and the rates of minority population growth.
Harry Garewal
The Hispanic community of the United States, the nation's largest minority group, has been openly insulted by the failure to even seriously consider a distinguished Hispanic lawyer or judge.
Carlos Ortiz
If the pendulum swings, it may swing to a combination of Conservatives and Liberal Democrats and, thus, to a period of minority government or coalition, in some form.
Vincent Cable
It is serious and intense homework for the summer five days a week. I am interested in minority group functioning in a host culture.
Nancy Weston
You can trace back almost everything to the war, ... perhaps the most destructive legacy of the war, the ethnic minority wars.
Robert Taylor
Their goal is that we have a very, very low turnout so that a very small minority of California voters decide the outcome of this election.
Fabian Nunez
Minority investors, which would be all American investors, just don't have any leverage to enforce management to act in the best interest of shareholders.
Jay Ritter
Sen. Domenici, being a member of the minority party for much of his career, has a good understanding of guarding against trampling the rights of minority party members.
Matt Letourneau
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.
Jay Jacobs
Minority donors are especially needed since the chance of finding a match is better in their own ethnic group.
Mandy Harrison
We recognize there's a need for more minority employees, but we also know that (minority) applicants are hard to come by in general.
Janet Jones
If they weren't here, then we would really be in bad shape, in terms of our (minority) ratio.
Rebecca Cooper
That is a fact. We cannot support a situation where a minority is attempting to impose its will on the majority.
Pauline Cupido
When they [people of minority languages] read it in their heart language for the first time, they are inevitably blown away.
Ruth Hubbard
From its inception, Fleisher's mission has been to guarantee access to professional arts instruction, especially for minority and low-income populations.
Thora Jacobson
They've gone to private schools where they've had little contact with minority students and, probably all their life, they haven't been disciplined or punished for these kinds of things.
Robert Korstad
We understand we're in the minority.
Phil Berger
They are fanning out across the country having these so-called outreach meetings because they know they have suffered a giant PR disaster with the way they have handled the minority community in New Orleans.
Paul Berendt
The Liberals are being blown out of the water. The only thing we're discussing now is whether the Conservatives are going to form a majority or a minority.
Nelson Wiseman
We as black students have lost our minds. What the hell is wrong with you calling yourself a minority?
Jeffrey Johnson
It was a decision forced by the minority. But we didn't want to exclude any students, no matter how few.
Bob Hetler
There are a lot of people, however much in the minority ... who are not happy with Pakistan's war on terrorism, and these extremist elements could also be responsible.
Rashid Qureshi
These are not true fans because they bring this club down . . . you have to be ashamed of them, ... I believe it is only a small minority, but it is a minority which everyone connected with Rangers, including the majority of our supporters, are not happy to accommodate.
Martin Bain
This gets around all of the ethical arguments except for that small minority of the pro-life community that doesn't even support in vitro fertilization.
Roscoe Bartlett
I know many minority groups in the past have had promises made and promises broken. I understand that. But we're not going to break our promise.
Glenn Poshard
There can be no minority and majority in armed forces. These ideas are working to weaken the forces and break their morale.
George Fernandes
He may have an intention to privatize distribution and transmission, which at least is something. Probably it will end his feud with foreign minority shareholders.
Renato Lobo
I want to thank the minority members for all your efforts even though we didn't win the war, ... You have our best interests in your hearts.
Sharon Johnson
Minority governments can find it more difficult to pass policy. There is the possibility of delays in implementing anything.
Peter Scobie
We have to think carefully about which languages those are. French, for example, is declining as an international language, but Spanish, Mandarin and Arabic are all languages of the future. Ethnic minority groups in the UK may well prove to be a major asset in this effort.
David Graddol
We looked at the NBA, NHL, MLB, NFL, CBA and NBDL and there were little or no minority ownerships. Unless you were a famous star, all of those leagues were excluding minorities.
Joe Newman
Every new opinion, at its starting, is precisely in a minority of one.
Thomas Carlyle
Here we're dealing with a minority of shoppers who are in distress, overextended with credit and facing bankruptcy.
Bernard Sosnick
The majority prevailed ... the minority still has rights and is to be respected.
Rev. Richard Runge
Sometimes the vocal minority is heard over the silent majority.
Craig Sher
As it stands, the UA is in the distinct minority.
Peter Likins
[The] Democrats are still the minority party in Florida, and their candidate is going to have a little more to climb in the fall.
Brad Coker
Aisin, which is minority-controlled by Toyota, has interesting shareholders they have to answer to.
Ann Wright
She can tap into what has been an astonishingly silent minority since the end of last year's presidential contest. It will capture attention.
Kellyanne Conway
Our strategy is to continue to buy out minority holdings when we have the opportunity to do so. The acquisition of minority holdings ... enables us to control fully the revenues of these businesses which we know well and believe to have excellent prospects.
Marc Beuls
They're all in the same boat, and if the boat sinks, they may not go under, but they're going to have to be treading water for awhile in the minority.
Alan Rosenthal
I don't think it changes anything too much, in terms of what he might do at the next meeting -- it's unclear but he's very much in the minority.
Ian Gunner
If we get this team, there's over $100 million being put up by minority owners. That is historic. Never been done. Wouldn't Major League Baseball like to be a part of something like that?
Charles Mann
Some people feel that by conducting financial background checks, for example, the test could have a disparate impact on some minority groups. You have to be careful with those types of things. The best advice is if it has nothing to do with the job itself, then don't ask.
Michael Widomski
We will then go to (Indiana Minority Health Coalition) to get funding for implementation of the plan.
Renetta Williams
The hard part is agreeing about what we want. We're going to try to keep emotions out of our decisions. We must not let the noisy minority drive bad decisions.
Terry Roche
They can't get a home for their children, they see black and ethnic minority communities moving in and they are angry.
Margaret Hodge
I wanted the Springfield (school) district. It's really diverse and has (students with) different cultural backgrounds - I knew I wouldn't be the only minority.
Julie Titsworth
Invention consists in avoiding the constructing of useless contraptions and in constructing the useful combinations which are in infinite minority. To invent is to discern, to choose.
Henri Poincare
I'm probably in the minority in that I almost wish it would get hugely expensive, because I think it would force a paradigm shift in the country.
Don Haddox
C.C.C.C. hopes to provide cooperative help for a small minority of the local community with serious illnesses, many of whom have been driving extremely long distances.
Charles Lynch
This is the first election in New York City history where the majority is minority.
Hank Sheinkopf
At the time, there was no minority banking service in New Orleans.
Norman Francis
The price offered for DIS is fair and we won't raise it. We will continue with our bid, and we can live with a minority shareholder.
Axel Schafmeister
This World Youth Day shows that Catholics are not a minority but come from all around the world.
Horst Koehler
A lot of minority women are beginning to use the Internet.
Sheryl Lacoursiere
I know what it's like to be a minority.
Coy Privette
There's a higher likelihood that (blood profiles) will match within your own minority population.
Susan Gunderson
The popularity of BET especially with the minority community probably had an effect on mainstream networks. Not only did you see them focus on sitcoms with black characters, but you would also see shows that had an all-black cast.
Mark Kelley
I think those who think Friday night football will work are in the minority right now.
Mike Esposito
It's a really pressing issue because the minority children, as well as the majority children, need to have role models who are diverse.
Rebecca Cooper
Never be afraid to stand with the minority when the minority is right, for the minority which is right will one day be the majority.
William Jennings Bryan
Having a black president doesn't mean anything. He is not the black president. He is just a president that happened to be black. He has yet to do anything for minority students on this campus.
Toni Thorn
Being in a minority, even a minority of one, did not make you mad.
George Orwell
This is a government of the minority because one cannot chase you after you have wrestled him down.
Raila Odinga
They're in the minority. They're on the fringe and we need to keep them there.
Karen Aroesty
As for doping, it's a minority. And we are working to address that, too.
Aldo Notari
Minority governments have to accept co-operation with somebody on ideas other than their own. If the government is able to do that there may be some basis for discussion.
Kelly Lamrock
One of my personal goals was to tie each of the law school's minority groups with the equivalent group on the main campus.
Darrell Jackson
Its a hung council with either a coalition or a minority government with the ID holding the balance. We can expect some deal making in the next week.
Jonathan Faull
He was one of the better minority contractors. He was a great craftsman.
Curtis Taylor
This cabinet is about the next election as much as it's about the current minority Parliament.
Faron Ellis
Too many Americans don't understand the importance of minority rights and the independent judiciary.
Douglas Abrams
Ethnic minorities were more likely than Whites to receive a lower quality of healthcare even among the insured and higher income minority populations.
National Institute
Looking at the restructuring, it will make the bond holders more comfortable at the expense of the minority shareholders, ... If they get TIM out from under TI, bond holders will have better access to one of the crown jewels in the TI portfolio.
Raymond Hill
It's about looking at our whole district, staff development, the diversity club in the high school and how we can attract minority teachers.
Becky Hill
I have been in the minority... So many times on open government.
Chuck Reed
A minority of the directors took it upon themselves to seize power.
Mario Rodriguez
As a minority coach, you have to prove yourself. Things can change, but it's always important to remember where you come from.
Dominic Modise
A minority group has "arrived" only when it has the right to produce some fools and scoundrels without the entire group paying for it.
Carl T. Rowan
It is my hope that my remarks will bring some balance to a discussion before this Congress that is too often dominated by a vocal minority intent on vilifying expression protected by our Constitution.
Paul Cambria
The critics represent a minority of these families. There's different ways of expressing grief and one of the ways is through anger.
Thomas Johnson
This is not a proposal but an ultimatum that smacks of arrogance of the minority in parliament.
Morshed Khan
What's a cult? It just means not enough people to make a minority.
Robert Altman
It's sad that on the day we remember Martin Luther King Jr., that a small minority of people believe it's OK to fire someone or deny them housing simply because they're gay.
Fran Dunaway
As a minority government, they are by definition in a pre- electoral mode. Accountability is going to be a big thing. The deal they are going to do with the provinces is another.
Antonia Maioni
It doesn't take much of a minority of fans to make their presence heard.
Brian Billick
Last time we talked to [the Board] about the diversity of the faculty and how to use more university resources to engage minority entrepreneurs.
Bill Harvey
If we want to see a reversal, every sector of society and every minority group has to get up and say enough.
Ruth Klein
We have some (African-American educators and leaders), but not enough. I know we're trying to add more certified minority teachers in our district. We're trying to get our own kids to go out, get their education, and come back here (to teach).
Barry Purvis
A lot of people would say she is a feminist activist. I wouldn't say that. She became a leader without a banner. She's very creative and supportive of minority roles.
Michael Boone
At some point there is a larger awareness of the music and culture of the minority, when it is picked up by the mainstream, just as it happened in jazz and blues with the Afro community here.
David Courtney
He's getting a sense of the landscape now. There is no one out there who could defeat him for minority leader. The question is what he will choose to do.
Erik Smith
This is a tremendously suspicious deal. Once again the influence of minority groups, of the Catalan government, is behind it.
Eduardo Zaplana
They're taking away another freedom. It's easy to do; we're another minority.
Alfred Rock
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.
Esteban Montes
I don't think there has been much of an impact at all from the election because, certainly a minority was expected, a minority was the outcome.
Eric Lascelles
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