“ Democracy encourages the majority to decide things about which the majority is blissfully ignorant. ”
- John Simon- Copy
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“ The fact disclosed by a survey of the past that majorities have been wrong must not blind us to the complementary fact that majorities have usually not been entirely wrong. ”
- Herbert Spencer- Copy
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“ There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness. ”
- Dalai Lama- Copy
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“ There is no need for a Germany-styled coalition because we have the majority to govern. ”
- Romano Prodi- Copy
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“ We in America do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate. ”
- Thomas Jefferson- Copy
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“ All politics are based on the indifference of the majority. ”
- James Reston- Copy
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“ Let's take the issues on which there was already a bipartisan majority. Let's pass those,... Everything can be on the table. ”
- Tom Daschle- Copy
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“ It does not prove a thing to be right because the majority say it is so. ”
- Friedrich von Schiller- Copy
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“ In a democracy there is a centralization of governmental power in a simple majority. ”
- Robert Welch- Copy
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“ Racists always try to make you think they are the majority, but they never are. ”
- Toni Morrison- Copy
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“ Few are open to conviction, but the majority of men are open to persuasion. ”
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe- Copy
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“ It is my principle that the will of the majority should always prevail. ”
- Thomas Jefferson- Copy
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