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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

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The game of history is usually played by the best and the worst over the heads of the majority in the middle. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

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Now I have known Sen. Bill Frist, the Majority Leader of the United States Senate, since he was born. ↗

— John Jay Hooker

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The Constitution gives the president the power to appoint, upon the advice and consent of a majority of the Senate, and it plainly does not give a minority of senators any right to interfere with that process. ↗

— John Jay Hooker

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No part of the world can be truly understood without a knowledge of its garment of vegetation, for this determines not only the nature of the animal inhabitants but also the occupations of the majority of human beings. ↗

— Ellsworth Huntington

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I'm not an elected official who puts a finger in the wind to see what the majority thinks; I represent women, whether they're popular or not. ↗

— Gloria Allred

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What is the primary purpose of a political leader? To build a majority. If voters care about parking lots, then talk about parking lots. ↗

— Newt Gingrich

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Never be afraid to stand with the minority when the minority is right, for the minority which is right will one day be the majority. ↗

— William Jennings Bryan

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In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority. ↗

— Edmund Burke

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If there is a nuclear tactic being used here, I submit it is the use of that obstruction where a willful minority blocks a bipartisan majority from voting on the President's judicial nominees. ↗

— John Cornyn

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