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Majority Quotes

"It does not prove a thing to be right because the majority say it is so."

"It does not prove a thing to be right because the majority say it is so."

Friedrich Schiller, German Dramatist

Majority, Right

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"Freddie and Brian tend to write the majority of the material."

"Freddie and Brian tend to write the majority of the material."

John Deacon, British Musician

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"When they say you're the best, I always remember that the majority of the audience probably thinks someone else should have gotten the award."

"When they say you're the best, I always remember that the majority of the audience probably thinks someone else should have gotten the award."

Brad Paisley, American Musician

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"There is nothing wrong with the name White Settlement, and the majority here is proud of the name."

"There is nothing wrong with the name White Settlement, and the majority here is proud of the name."

Alan Price, American Musician

Majority, Name, Nothing, Wrong

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"I don't like LA. The majority just seem to be so artificial. Look at how they worship everything they think is fashionable. Isn't it sick?"

"I don't like LA. The majority just seem to be so artificial. Look at how they worship everything they think is fashionable. Isn't it sick?"

Billie Joe Armstrong, American Musician

Majority, Worship

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"By the reduction of the Arabs on the one hand and Jewish immigration in the transition period on the other, we will ensure an absolute Hebrew majority in a parliamentary regime."

"By the reduction of the Arabs on the one hand and Jewish immigration in the transition period on the other, we will ensure an absolute Hebrew majority in a parliamentary regime."

Moshe Sharett, Israeli Statesman

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"When you get too big a majority, you're immediately in trouble.'"

"When you get too big a majority, you're immediately in trouble.'"

Sam Rayburn, American Politician

Majority, Trouble

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"In the United States, the majority undertakes to supply a multitude of ready-made opinions for the use of individuals, who are thus relieved from the necessity of forming opinions of their own."

"In the United States, the majority undertakes to supply a multitude of ready-made opinions for the use of individuals, who are thus relieved from the necessity of forming opinions of their own."

Alexis de Tocqueville, French Scientist

Majority, Necessity, Opinions, states

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"When I'm up on stage, I don't think about anything except the song I'm singing. Anyway, the majority of my audience is female, and I can't think that many of them want to see me a French maid outfit somehow!"

"When I'm up on stage, I don't think about anything except the song I'm singing. Anyway, the majority of my audience is female, and I can't think that many of them want to see me a French maid outfit somehow!"

Louise Nurding, British Musician

Majority, Singing, Song, Want

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"The minority is sometimes right; the majority always wrong."

"The minority is sometimes right; the majority always wrong."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

Majority, Minority, Right, Wrong

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"Every religious group, while perhaps a majority somewhere, is also inevitably a minority somewhere else. Thus, religious organizations should and do show tolerance toward members of other religious denominations."

"Every religious group, while perhaps a majority somewhere, is also inevitably a minority somewhere else. Thus, religious organizations should and do show tolerance toward members of other religious denominations."

Russell M. Nelson, American Clergyman

Majority, Minority, Religious, Tolerance

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