I’m part of the mushball middle. I consider ‘confused’ the majority position because, thankfully.
AL FRANKEN
AL FRANKEN
Al Franken on majority
Al Franken250 quotes“I’m part of the mushball middle. I consider ‘confused’ the majority position because, thankfully.”
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Adolf HitlerAdolf Hitler Truth always rests with the minority, and the minority is always stronger than the majority, because the minority is generally formed by those who really have an opinion, while the strength of a majority is illusory.
Soren KierkegaardSoren Kierkegaard People keep doing what they do because the vast majority doesn’t have a clue about the consequences of our everyday life. And they don’t know the rapid changes required.
Greta ThunbergGreta Thunberg The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.
Otto von BismarckOtto von Bismarck The politics of communal majority are made by its own members born in it.
B. R. AmbedkarB. R. Ambedkar The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.
Marcus AureliusMarcus Aurelius Promoting active liberty does not mean allowing the majority to run roughshod over minorities.
Ruth Bader GinsburgRuth Bader Ginsburg One and God make a majority.
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