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Great Majority Quotes

Sometimes great injustices may be inflicted on the minority when the majority is in the pursuit of a great and just cause Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong Picture Quote #1

In any great organization it is far, far safer to be wrong with the majority than to be right alone Picture Quote #1

History shows that the majority of people that have done anything great have passed their youth in seclusion Picture Quote #1

In republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority Picture Quote #1

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Good and bad luck is but a synonyme, in the great majority of instances, for good and bad judgment Picture Quote #1

The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood Picture Quote #1

Good and bad luck is a synonym in the great majority of instances, for good and bad judgment Picture Quote #1

The great majority of men grow up and grow old in seeming and following Picture Quote #1

Life is the desert, life the solitude, death joins us to the great majority Picture Quote #1

Economic growth without social progress lets the great majority of people remain in poverty, while a privileged few reap the benefits of rising abundance Picture Quote #1

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If you eat something and get fat, you should be responsible for it. I think that is the attitude of the great majority of Americans, that you should be responsible for what you eat Picture Quote #1

The great majority of men, especially in France, both desire and possess a fashionable woman, much in the way one might own a fine horse - as a luxury befitting a young man Picture Quote #1

The great majority of people are calm, resourceful, altruistic or even beyond altruistic, as they risk themselves for others. We improvise the conditions of survival beautifully Picture Quote #1

I think this is the case in the great majority of authoritarian states: on the surface, because of repression, everything seems frozen, but when the sun comes out and the ice melts, you find that there was a lot of life underneath all along Picture Quote #1

The great majority of women are more intelligent, better educated, and far more moral than multitudes of men whose right to vote no man questions Picture Quote #1

The amount of knowledge which we can justify from evidence directly available to us can never be large. The overwhelming proportion of our factual beliefs continue therefore to be held at second hand through trusting others, and in the great majority of cases our trust is placed in the authority of comparatively few people of widely acknowledged standing Picture Quote #1

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If I were to search for the central core of difficulty in people as I have come to know them, it is that in the great majority of cases they despise themselves, regarding themselves as worthless and unlovable Picture Quote #1

No person, I think, ever saw a herd of buffalo, of which a few were fat and the great majority lean. No person ever saw a flock of birds, of which two or three were swimming in grease, and the others all skin and bone Picture Quote #1

I don’t see why it should be remarkable that you can acquire a reputation for fairness and decency. Those are qualities shared by so many people. And the great majority of people I meet are decent people, just trying to navigate their way through the world without causing too much trouble Picture Quote #1

For evil to take place, the acts of a few people are not sufficient; the great majority also has to remain indifferent. That is something of which we are all quite capable Picture Quote #1

Life to the great majority is only a constant struggle for mere existence, with the certainty of losing it at last Picture Quote #1

In all the more advanced communities the great majority of things are worse done by the intervention of government than the individuals most interested in the matter would do them, or cause them to be done, if left to themselves Picture Quote #1

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No longer enslaved or made dependent by force of law, the great majority are so by force of property; they are still chained to a place, to an occupation, and to conformity with the will of an employer, and debarred by the accident of birth to both the enjoyments, and from the mental and moral advantages, which others inherit without exertion and independently of desert. That this is an evil equal to almost any of those against which mankind have hitherto struggles, the poor are not wrong in believing Picture Quote #1

Like me, the great majority of Americans wish both to preserve the traditional definition of marriage and to oppose bias and intolerance directed towards gays and lesbians Picture Quote #1

Our government is founded upon the intelligence of the people. I for one do not despair of the republic. I have great confidence in the virtue of the great majority of the people, and I cannot fear the result Picture Quote #1

Instead of comparing our lot with that of those who are more fortunate than we are, we should compare it with the lot of the great majority of our fellow men. It then appears that we are among the privileged Picture Quote #1

For the great majority of mankind are satisfied with appearance, as though they were realities and are often more influenced by the things that seem than by those that are Picture Quote #1

So long as the great majority of men are not deprived of either property or honor, they are satisfied Picture Quote #1

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Sometimes great injustices may be inflicted on the minority when the majority is in the pursuit of a great and just cause (Great Majority Quotes) 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 (Great Majority Quotes) When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong (Great Majority Quotes) In any great organization it is far, far safer to be wrong with the majority than to be right alone (Great Majority Quotes) History shows that the majority of people that have done anything great have passed their youth in seclusion (Great Majority Quotes) In republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority (Great Majority Quotes) Good and bad luck is but a synonyme, in the great majority of instances, for good and bad judgment (Great Majority Quotes) The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood (Great Majority Quotes) Good and bad luck is a synonym in the great majority of instances, for good and bad judgment (Great Majority Quotes) The great majority of men grow up and grow old in seeming and following (Great Majority Quotes) Life is the desert, life the solitude, death joins us to the great majority (Great Majority Quotes) Economic growth without social progress lets the great majority of people remain in poverty, while a privileged few reap the benefits of rising abundance (Great Majority Quotes) If you eat something and get fat, you should be responsible for it. I think that is the attitude of the great majority of Americans, that you should be responsible for what you eat (Great Majority Quotes) The great majority of men, especially in France, both desire and possess a fashionable woman, much in the way one might own a fine horse - as a luxury befitting a young man (Great Majority Quotes) The great majority of people are calm, resourceful, altruistic or even beyond altruistic, as they risk themselves for others. We improvise the conditions of survival beautifully (Great Majority Quotes) I think this is the case in the great majority of authoritarian states: on the surface, because of repression, everything seems frozen, but when the sun comes out and the ice melts, you find that there was a lot of life underneath all along (Great Majority Quotes) The great majority of women are more intelligent, better educated, and far more moral than multitudes of men whose right to vote no man questions (Great Majority Quotes) The amount of knowledge which we can justify from evidence directly available to us can never be large. The overwhelming proportion of our factual beliefs continue therefore to be held at second hand through trusting others, and in the great majority of cases our trust is placed in the authority of comparatively few people of widely acknowledged standing (Great Majority Quotes) If I were to search for the central core of difficulty in people as I have come to know them, it is that in the great majority of cases they despise themselves, regarding themselves as worthless and unlovable (Great Majority Quotes) No person, I think, ever saw a herd of buffalo, of which a few were fat and the great majority lean. No person ever saw a flock of birds, of which two or three were swimming in grease, and the others all skin and bone (Great Majority Quotes) I don’t see why it should be remarkable that you can acquire a reputation for fairness and decency. Those are qualities shared by so many people. And the great majority of people I meet are decent people, just trying to navigate their way through the world without causing too much trouble (Great Majority Quotes) For evil to take place, the acts of a few people are not sufficient; the great majority also has to remain indifferent. That is something of which we are all quite capable (Great Majority Quotes) Life to the great majority is only a constant struggle for mere existence, with the certainty of losing it at last (Great Majority Quotes) In all the more advanced communities the great majority of things are worse done by the intervention of government than the individuals most interested in the matter would do them, or cause them to be done, if left to themselves (Great Majority Quotes) No longer enslaved or made dependent by force of law, the great majority are so by force of property; they are still chained to a place, to an occupation, and to conformity with the will of an employer, and debarred by the accident of birth to both the enjoyments, and from the mental and moral advantages, which others inherit without exertion and independently of desert. That this is an evil equal to almost any of those against which mankind have hitherto struggles, the poor are not wrong in believing (Great Majority Quotes) Like me, the great majority of Americans wish both to preserve the traditional definition of marriage and to oppose bias and intolerance directed towards gays and lesbians (Great Majority Quotes) Our government is founded upon the intelligence of the people. I for one do not despair of the republic. I have great confidence in the virtue of the great majority of the people, and I cannot fear the result (Great Majority Quotes) Instead of comparing our lot with that of those who are more fortunate than we are, we should compare it with the lot of the great majority of our fellow men. It then appears that we are among the privileged (Great Majority Quotes) For the great majority of mankind are satisfied with appearance, as though they were realities and are often more influenced by the things that seem than by those that are (Great Majority Quotes) So long as the great majority of men are not deprived of either property or honor, they are satisfied (Great Majority Quotes)

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