#majority

I am not leaving twitter. If the mindless few defeat the thoughtful majority we are all doomed. ↗

— Gary Lineker

#defeat #doomed #few #i #i am

What we call a democratic society might be defined for certain purposes as one in which the majority is always prepared to put down a revolutionary minority. ↗

— Walter Lippmann

#call #certain #defined #democratic #democratic society

No law can possibly meet the convenience of every one: we must be satisfied if it be beneficial on the whole and to the majority. ↗

— Titus Livius

#convenience #every #law #majority #meet

I am convinced that the majority of American people do understand that we have a moral responsibility to foster the concepts of opportunity, free enterprise, the rule of law, and democracy. They understand that these values are the hope of the world. ↗

— Richard Lugar

#american #american people #concepts #convinced #democracy

In Republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority. ↗

— James Madison

#great #majority #may #minority #republics

There is no maxim, in my opinion, which is more liable to be misapplied, and which, therefore, more needs elucidation, than the current one, that the interest of the majority is the political standard of right and wrong. ↗

— James Madison

#in my opinion #interest #liable #majority #maxim

If we are to take for the criterion of truth the majority of suffrages, they ought to be gotten from those philosophic and patriotic citizens who cultivate their reason. ↗

— James Madison

#criterion #cultivate #gotten #majority #ought

I guess the majority of people who want to ban certain musicians are the ones who are so proud of everything America stands for. ↗

— Stephen Malkmus

#ban #certain #everything #guess #i

I know I have sex appeal, but I've never felt like an actual sex symbol. Fans sometimes think I am. The majority of them are sweet about it, but occasionally somebody weird becomes totally fixated upon me. ↗

— Teena Marie

#actual #am #appeal #becomes #fans

But the reason that women's football is still unknown is because it's not on television and not widely publicised for a wide majority of the leagues in the world. ↗

— Marta

#football #leagues #majority #reason #still