#majority

I am convinced that the majority of American people do understand that we have a moral responsibility to foster the concepts of opportunity, free enterprise, the rule of law, and democracy. They understand that these values are the hope of the world. ↗

— Richard Lugar

#american #american people #concepts #convinced #democracy

In Republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority. ↗

— James Madison

#great #majority #may #minority #republics

There is no maxim, in my opinion, which is more liable to be misapplied, and which, therefore, more needs elucidation, than the current one, that the interest of the majority is the political standard of right and wrong. ↗

— James Madison

#in my opinion #interest #liable #majority #maxim

If we are to take for the criterion of truth the majority of suffrages, they ought to be gotten from those philosophic and patriotic citizens who cultivate their reason. ↗

— James Madison

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I guess the majority of people who want to ban certain musicians are the ones who are so proud of everything America stands for. ↗

— Stephen Malkmus

#ban #certain #everything #guess #i

I know I have sex appeal, but I've never felt like an actual sex symbol. Fans sometimes think I am. The majority of them are sweet about it, but occasionally somebody weird becomes totally fixated upon me. ↗

— Teena Marie

#actual #am #appeal #becomes #fans

But the reason that women's football is still unknown is because it's not on television and not widely publicised for a wide majority of the leagues in the world. ↗

— Marta

#football #leagues #majority #reason #still

I get a sense that we've all been educated into one school of thought. I'm not surprised at all to find among the overwhelming majority of scientists, are people who would hold one particular view because that's all they're exposed to. ↗

— Thabo Mbeki

#because #been #educated #exposed #find

Our government has failed us. From the billion-dollar bailouts to the 'stimulus' package that failed to stimulate to the government takeover of health care, you cried 'Stop!'... but the Democratic Majority in Washington has refused to listen. ↗

— Kevin McCarthy

#care #cried #democratic #failed #government

After adding trillions to the debt on big-government policies most Americans didn't ask for and which we couldn't afford, Democratic leaders say they need more money, which they intend to take from small business, even though small businesses create the majority of new jobs. ↗

— Mitch McConnell

#afford #after #ask #business #businesses