#Majority Quotes

“Shall we then judge a country by the majority, or by the minority? By the minority, surely.”

“Shall we then judge a country by the majority, or by the minority? By the minority, surely. 'Tis pedantry to estimate nations by the census, or by square miles of land, or other than by their importance to the mind of the time.”

“Equality is attainable as long as you are part of the majority.”

“Truth always rests with the minority, and the minority is always stronger than the majority, because the minority is generally formed by those who really have an opinion, while the strength of a majority is illusory, formed by the gangs who have no opinion - and who, therefore, in the next instant (when it is evident that the minority is the stronger) assume its opinion ... while Truth again reverts to a new minority.”

“Hain't we got all the fools in town on our side? And hain't that a big enough majority in any town?”

“The minority is always stronger than the majority, because the minority is generally formed by those who really have an opinion.”

“No charter of freedom will be worth looking at which does not ensure the same measure of freedom for the minorities as for the majority.”

“The principle of majority does not work when differences on fundamentals are involved.”

“A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority.”

“When were the good and the brave ever in a majority?”

“A minority is powerless while it conforms to the majority.”

“I hear many condemn these men because they were so few. When were the good and the brave ever in a majority? Would you have had him wait till that time came?--till you and I came over to him?”

“Democracy is based on the majority principle. This is especially true in a country such as ours where the vast majority have been systematically denied their rights. At the same time, democracy also requires that the rights of political and other minorities be safeguarded.”

“If the majority doesn't laugh at you, beware that you must be saying something wrong. When the majority thinks you are a fool, only then is there some possibility of you being a wise man.”

“My guess is that well over eighty per cent. of the human race goes through life without having a single original thought.”

“The majority is the best way, because it is visible, and has strength to make itself obeyed. Yet it is the opinion of the least able.”