"There is hope for you when your opinions are in opposition to those of the majority. Your brain mighty be working as it was meant to."

Dissent, Majority, Hope, Thinking, Life

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"There is hope for you when your opinions are in opposition to those of the majority. Your brain mighty be working as it was meant to."

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"The Clinton administration hated us, and it was a terrible struggle with them. I think that they felt if they didn't play, they could strangle us in our crib."

Brit Hume, American Journalist

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"Dissent is the native activity of the scientist, and it has got him into a good deal of trouble in the last years. But if that is cut off, what is left will not be a scientist. And I doubt whether it will be a man."

Jacob Bronowski, English Scientist

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"A dissenting minority feels free only when it can impose its will on the majority: what it abominates most is the dissent of the majority."

Eric Hoffer, American Writer

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"FUCK UNITY! FUCK CONSENSUS! There was no unity or consensus during the American Revolution. We had principled leadership from a small, vocal, minority that refused to compromise on the issue of individual liberty."

A.E. Samaan, American Author

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"May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion."

Dwight D. Eisenhower, American President

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"In the procession I should feel the crushing feet, the clashing discords, the ruthless hands and stifling breath. I could not hear the rhythm of the march."

Kate Chopin, American Author

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"A heresy can spring only from a system that is in full vigor."

Eric Hoffer, American Writer

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"In the end it is worse to suppress dissent than to run the risk of heresy."

Learned Hand, American Judge

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"There is hope for you when your opinions are in opposition to those of the majority. Your brain mighty be working as it was meant to."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

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