The Majority Quotes

Was there ever a time when the majority was right?

A lynch mob is [unlimited] Majority Rule stripped of its fancy trappings and its facade of respectability.

Comparatively few people know what a million dollars actually is. To the majority it is a gaseous concept, swelling or decreasing as the occasion suggests.

The overwhelming majority of social scientists were irreligious or even anti-religious. This led them to believe that religion was a disappearing and unimportant factor in human affairs.

Today, for many people, being a union member simply means paying dues, but in the early days there were so few of us that if a majority of the members were not active, the union ceased to exist.

I'm interested in being part of a majority in the Senate.

The vast majority of the rich in this country did not inherit their wealth; they earned it. They are the country's achievers, producers, and job creators.

Obama just announced Americans don't consider themselves victims, or entitled. Actually, the vast majority of Obama supporters believe exactly that. They believe exactly that.

[Radical leftist] are never been a majority. We just fell for one of the greatest illusions in modern politics.

The vast majority of Muslim residents of the United Kingdom voted to stay in the EU. And the balance of the British population voted to leave the European Union.

The majority of a society is the true definition of the public.

I wonder at what point do you stop doing what you think is right and you start doing what the majority of the American people want?

Anytime I need any type of strength, the relationships that I have had with my closest friends for the majority of my life, is my home.

I realize that the majority of people in the entertainment business happen to be Democrats. I have no problem with that. And they should have no problem with the fact that I'm a Republican.

On average, most people consume between 100 - 120 grams of protein per day. Not only is that unhealthy, it's extremely dangerous, as the majority of the protein consumed is animal based.

The vast majority of the coverage had to do with him basically saying, for the first 100 days of my administration, the [Donald] Trump administration, I'd be going after people who ticked me off.

I guess the President says the majority of the people didn't elect him, he doesn't have to listen to 'em anyway.

I have always been a fan of reality by majority vote.

The bloggers and online donors represent an important resource for the party, but they are not representative of the majority you need to win elections.

I like to think that there is a clear majority of people who's be supportive of the idea, It does save the existing industry. It does provide hundreds of millions of dollars for the Commonwealth.

The reality is the majority of people are talking about it, but haven't launched it.

I don't believe there's more than one human man or woman in a thousand who can think internationally, and until the majority can I don't see any hope of lasting peace.

Populism is everywhere. We have religious populism in the Muslim-majority countries as much as we have populism in the United States of America.

The majority of my work is about preparation.

...In the vast majority of drug experiments, it is not uncommon for none or one or two of hundreds of patients to benefit from the drug.

We would take the same position as the majority of the world about this, including this issue where Prime Minister [Ariel] Sharon made a commitment to pull Israeli troops out of Gaza.

It would not be for the public good to have [a majority in Congress of one party] greater [than] two to one.

Every man's reason is his own rightful umpire. This principle, with that of acquiescence in the will of the majority, will preserve us free and prosperous as long as they are sacredly observed.

The majority of my blood is Asian.

Since these early days, I have seen and have experienced many types of discrimination and all of them were rooted in the fear of people that were different than the majority.

I reported everything I was given, even if I didn't keep - I did not keep the vast majority of it.

A majority of senators should be able to adopt rules at the beginning of each Congress.

When we have a majority we will do it. I think the days of the Lords are quite genuinely numbered.

I still think there is a residual desire amongst the majority of the public to be given a proper solution.

The challenge we've got is that the Government does not have a working majority. They don't.

First of all, the majority of us, regardless of what we may say, are capitalists. That is, we practice it, it's what we "do," it's how we live, we are capitalists.

The bill is emblematic of the attempt by the majority party to control every aspect of our lives.

In the referendum - which was still decided to take place by the Crimea's old parliament - the majority of citizens voted for belonging to Russia. This is democracy, the people's will.

Some is more equal than others, as is well known. It ain't that your majority is outnumbered, you're just out-surrounded.

Most Americans, who think Congress has a right to do anything for which they can get a majority vote, ignore the clearly written constitutional restraints on Congress.

The justification of majority rule in politics is not to be found in its ethical superiority.

If the majority of people of a country, no matter how great its natural resources, organize and conspire to get more out and put less in, to do less and get more, how long will, how long can it last?

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

The meanest inhabitants by their constant attendance generally form the majority and outvote the gentlemen, merchants and all the better Inhabitants!

The majority of my training was as a drummer, and drummers are basically accompanists.

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).

The active minority in the world is the fraction that makes the world a better place for the passive majority.

There is nothing uglier than an unrighteous and foolish majority!

True leaders do not make choices with reference to the opinion of the majority. They make choices based on the opinion of the truth and the truth can come from either the majority or the minority!

Majority wins, but majority is not necessarily right and sometimes majority is awfully wrong.