Minorities Quotes - Page 17

• And where else will [Hume,] this degenerate son of science, this traitor to his fellow men, find the origin of just powers, if not in the majority of the society? Will it be in the minority? Or in an individual of that minority?

  Thomas Jefferson

  Son, Men, Democracy

  Thomas Jefferson, Jean M. Yarbrough (1963). “The Essential Jefferson”, p.261, Hackett Publishing

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• If the measures which have been pursued are approved by the majority, it is the duty of the minority to acquiesce and conform.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Democracy, Majority, Duty

  Thomas Jefferson (1854). “The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence, contin”, p.592

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• When the power, prestige and financial support of government is placed behind a particular religious belief, the indirect coercive pressure upon religious minorities to conform to the prevailing officially approved religion is plain.

  Hugo Black

  Religious, Government, Support

  Writing for the court, Engel v. Vitale, 370 U.S. 421, 1962.

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• This socialism will develop in all its phases until it reaches its own extremes and absurdities. Then once again a cry of denial will break from the titanic chest of the revolutionary minority and again a mortal struggle will begin, in which socialism will play the role of contemporary conservatism and will be overwhelmed in the subsequent revolution, as yet unknown to us.

  Alexander Herzen

  Struggle, Play, Roles

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• Everything about us black people is complicated, us being here, being a minority, being a woman, all those things are complicated.

  Nicole Beharie

  People, Black, Complicated

  "Exclusive! Nicole Beharie Talks Career Choices, Burden Of Representation, Being An “It” Girl & More". Interview with Vanessa Martinez, www.indiewire.com. August 27, 2011.

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• I want to help others 'think first' before diving into a pool or lake to prevent these types of life-changing accidents. I know I'm in a very fortunate minority and hope my story inspires both adults and children to be more careful.

  Brooke Burns

  Children, Life Changing, Helping Others

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• The very purpose of the Bill of Rights and the Constitution is to protect minority rights against majority voters. Every court decision that strikes down discriminatory legislation, including past Supreme Court decisions, affirming the fundamental rights to marry the person you love, overrules a majority decision.

  David Boies

  Past, Rights, Decision

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• Chess only appeals to quite a small minority. It does not have the cachet of a mainstream popular sport.

  Magnus Carlsen

  Sports, Doe, Chess

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• The meaning of this observation is unclear, but it raises the unfortunate possibility of ambiguous triplets; that is, triplets which may code more than one amino acid. However one would certainly expect such triplets to be in a minority.

  Francis Crick

  May, Acid, Possibility

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• The right of a minority is so important in a democracy.

  Robert Caro

  Democracy, Important

  "Robert Caro: GOP Abuse Of Filibuster ‘Unconscionable,’ Harry Reid Has Done ‘A Terrific Job’" by Ryan Grim, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 30, 2012.

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• The policies on the Republican side have been much better for Hispanics, for minorities, but the rhetoric, unfortunately, has not.

  Mario Diaz-Balart

  Sides, Republican, Rhetoric

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• The fact is that seven per cent of the global population emits 50 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions, and the proportions are the same for the use of energy and raw materials, meat, wood, etc. Simply put, an infinitesimal minority consumes the most and imposes damage on the overwhelming majority, while asking it to change.

  Yann Arthus-Bertrand

  Majority, Population, Raw Materials

  "Spotlight: Yann Arthus-Bertrand, cinematographer and Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Environment Programme". UN News Centre Interview, www.un.org. February 7, 2011.

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• Sometimes I just like the feeling of being a minority and seeing how far you can push yourself in extreme circumstances.

  Tom Freston

  Feelings, Sometimes, Push Yourself

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• For us in the minority, the opportunity to see geese is more important than television.

  Aldo Leopold

  Nature, Opportunity, Important

  Aldo Leopold (1989). “A Sand County Almanac, and Sketches Here and There”, p.7, Oxford University Press, USA

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• There is a minority of gifted, willfuf people who are determined to live their own lives to the end, and writers belong in this class.

  George Orwell

  Writing, Class, People

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• The restriction of religion to private life therefore does not necessarily threaten the vital interests of the majority religion, if there is one, and it protects minority religions from tyranny of the majority.

  Phillip E. Johnson

  Majority, Doe, Restriction

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• When you're fighting for economic and social justice, you're always fighting for the minority.

  Bob Kerrey

  Fighting, Justice, Economic

  "Bob Kerrey Will Call Your Bullshit" by Ted Genoways, www.motherjones.com. September/October 2012.

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• I think we've learned that the S.B.A. plays a critical role in providing access and opportunity when the market is not providing that access. We help banks get that money out into the hands of important and viable businesses, particularly those owned by minorities, women, immigrants and veterans.

  Karen Mills

  Opportunity, Thinking, Hands

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• There are people who want the comfort and structure of a job where they're given tasks and told what to do. I think it's actually a minority of people. The majority of people don't want that, but I'd say that the companies I've built are full of people with something to prove.

  Mark Pincus

  Jobs, Thinking, People

  "Are You a C.E.O. of Something?". Interview with Adam Bryant, www.nytimes.com. January 30, 2010.

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• In the 20th century, the Muslim world created a vision of religious nationalism. Turkey, for example, had to be ethnically Turkish. Kurds, Armenians, other minorities didn't have a place in such a vision of a nation-state.

  Feisal Abdul Rauf

  Religious, Turkeys, Vision

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• How proud I am to be compared to Oprah. I really admire her. She's a minority woman and she's done all this by herself... I'm very happy to be Oprah with salsa and not Donahue in drag.

  Cristina Saralegui

  Done, Proud, Salsa

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• In the past the great majority of minority voters, in Ohio and other places that means African American voters, cast a large percentage of their votes during the early voting process.

  John Lewis

  Mean, Past, Ohio

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• For minority actors, developing our own projects has to be the eventual path. We have a lot of stories to tell and a really unique voice. But none of that is going to be heard as long as we're just the hired hands, acting.

  Jimmy Smits

  Unique, Voice, Hands

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• If we want justice for minorities and cooled wars with our natural enemies, whether human or non-human, we must first come to terms with the minority and the enemy in ourselves and in our own hearts, for the rascal is there as much as anywhere in the "external" world - -especially when you realize that the world outside your skin is as much yourself as the world inside.

  Alan Watts

  Motivational, War, Heart

  "The Book on the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are" by Alan Watts, (p. 98), 1966.

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• посол Ирака говорит Our fight - the fight is against ISIS as an entity, as an identity, and as a threat to our culture, our heritage and certainly for the minorities who it's been able to exterminate or try to enslave and others.

  Lukman Faily

  Fighting, Isis, Trying

  Source: www.pbs.org

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