Majority Quotes

But if the laws are to be so trampled upon with impunity, and a minority is to dictate to the majority, there is an end put at one stroke to republican government, and nothing but anarchy and confusion is to be expected thereafter.

The great majority of men attend to what is necessary only when they feel a need for it-the precise time when it is too late.

The Democratic Party will live and continue to receive the support of the majority of Americans just so long as it remains a liberal party.

The saving grace of America lies in the fact that the overwhelming majority are possessed of two great qualities--a sense of humor and a sense of proportion.

It surely must be one of the great ironies of our age that this august Assembly is addressed, for the first time in its 49 years, by a South African Head of State drawn from among the African majority of what is an African country.

The wealthy nations must go all out to bridge the gulf between the rich minority and the poor majority.

Civilisation will not last, freedom will not survive, peace will not be kept, unless a very large majority of mankind unite together to defend them and show themselves possessed of a constabulary power before which barbaric and atavistic forces will stand in awe.

By noon it was clear that the Socialists would have a majority. At luncheon my wife said to me, 'It may well be a blessing in disguise.' I replied, 'At the moment it seems quite effectively disguised.'

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

When majority is insane, sane must go to asylum.

Vulgarity in a king flatters the majority of the nation.

In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place.

Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.