Minority Groups Quotes - Page 2

• While few judges or prosecutors would be afraid to exercise their perfectly legitimate discretion in favour of an ordinary man, not to mention a minority group member, most would be terrified to exercise the same discretion for someone politically, financially or socially powerful.

  Conrad Black

  Powerful, Exercise, Men

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• War is the health of the State. It automatically sets in motion throughout society these irresistible forces for uniformity, for passionate cooperation with the government in coercing into obedience the minority groups and individuals which lack the larger herd sense.

  Randolph Bourne

  War, Government, Groups

  Randolph Silliman Bourne (1965). “The world of Randolph Bourne: an anthology edited”

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• In modern societies, some members of ethnic minority groups do not want to feel compelled to heed the voices of their communities when participating as citizens.

  Michael Kenny

  Voice, Community, Groups

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• 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

  Effort, Groups, Example

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• IQ tests are routinely used as weapons against Black people in particular and minority groups and poor people generally. The tests are based on white middle-class standards, and when we score low on them, the results are used to justify the prejudice that we are inferior and unintelligent. Since we are taught to believe that the tests are infallible, they have become a self-fulfilling prophecy that cuts off our initiative and brainwashes us.

  Huey Newton

  Believe, Cutting, White

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• The provision of basic material needs is not sufficient to make minority groups and indigenous peoples feel they are truly part of the greater national entity. For that they have to be confident that they too have an active role to play in shaping the destiny of the state that demands their allegiance.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Destiny, Play, Groups

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• Marines have a cynical approach to war. They believe in three things; liberty, payday and that when two Marines are together in a fight, one is being wasted. Being a minority group militarily, they are proud and sensitive in their dealings with other military organizations. A Marine's concept of a perfect battle is to have other Marines on the right and left flanks, Marine aircraft overhead and Marine artillery and naval gunfire backing them up.

  Ernie Pyle

  War, Military, Believe

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• The relative lack of power of certain minority groups and the fear they're feeling in the wake of Donald Trump's election, I think, is something we really need to take a look at, because, while I don't think Trump wants to target any particular minority group, I understand their fear, because he spent many months stoking it.

  Megyn Kelly

  Thinking, Feelings, Months

  "Megyn Kelly On Trump And The Media: 'We're In A Dangerous Phase Right Now'". "Fresh Air", www.npr.org. December 7, 2016.

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• The more you lecture those running the companies on how they need to give more breaks to women or other minority groups and be more open-minded to their work products and perhaps question themselves on a double standard, the more some of those people shut down to your messaging. I'm not saying it's right; I'm just saying you can very easily get labeled as someone who sees everything through a prism of race or gender or what have you. So we have to walk a fine line. It's sad but it's the truth.

  Megyn Kelly

  Running, Race, Giving

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• There's no question that to some extent there are structural disadvantages built in, not just for women but for other minority groups who don't hold power at the executive level either at the company or in the industry. My position is not just "Oh, okay, anyone can overcome those." It's just as we work to get more women and people in minority groups at higher levels in positions of power, what are our options?

  Megyn Kelly

  Position Of Power, People, Levels

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• Biologically speaking the Afro-Asiatic block is in the ascendancy - always remember that both Negro and White are minority groups - the largest race is the Mongoloid group.

  William S. Burroughs

  Block, Race, White

  Source: realitystudio.org

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• We come then to the question presented: Does segregation of children in public schools solely on the basis of race, even though the physical facilities and other "tangible" factors may be equal, deprive the children of the minority group of equal education opportunities? We believe that it does.

  Earl Warren

  Children, Believe, School

  Earl Warren (1959). “The Public Papers of Chief Justice Earl Warren”

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• Mostly folk music is people with fruity voices trying to keep alive something old and dead. It's all a bit boring, like ballet: a minority thing kept going by a minority group.

  John Lennon

  Voice, People, Ballet

  Source: www.counterpunch.org

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• To date, nearly 100,000 Hispanics have died with AIDS. Since Hispanics are the fastest growing minority group in the United States, our challenge is even greater.

  Solomon Ortiz

  Challenges, Groups, United States

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• I believe we are being dishonest with language minority groups if we tell them they can take full part in American life without learning the English language.

  S. I. Hayakawa

  Believe, Groups, Minorities

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