Minorities Quotes

No democracy can long survive which does not accept as fundamental to its very existence the recognition of the rights of its minorities.

Democracy is based on the majority principle. This is especially true in a country such as ours where the vast majority have been systematically denied their rights. At the same time, democracy also requires that the rights of political and other minorities be safeguarded.

As we find ourselves in jobless economies, societies in which small minorities consume while the masses starve, we find ourselves forced to rethink the rationale of our current globalization and to ponder the Gandhian alternative.

Discrimination has a lot of layers that make it tough for minorities to get a leg up.