#majority

In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have the predominant power. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#observed #ought #power #predominant #republic

The majority of the members of the Irish parliament are professional politicians, in the sense that otherwise they would not be given jobs minding mice at crossroads. ↗

— Flann O'Brien

#given #irish #jobs #majority #members

The most important loan to pay is your student loan. It's more important than your mortgage, car and credit card payments. You cannot discharge student loan debt in the majority of cases. ↗

— Suze Orman

#car #card #cases #credit #credit card

I knew Arizona's SB 1070 would be controversial when I introduced it, but I did not expect the national immigration debate to revolve around a state law. While the anti-American open-borders Left attack me and the law as 'racist,' 'nativist' and their other empty smear words, the vast majority of the people of Arizona and America support the law. ↗

— Russell Pearce

#anti-american #arizona #around #attack #controversial

The vast majority of gun owners don't kill, but people who do kill, tend to kill with guns, and often with illegal guns. ↗

— Alan Dershowitz

#guns #illegal #kill #majority #often

The unphilosophical majority among men are the ones most helplessly dependent on their era's dominant ideas. ↗

— Leonard Peikoff

#dependent #dominant #era #helplessly #ideas

One, with God, is always a majority, but many a martyr has been burned at the stake while the votes were being counted. ↗

— Thomas Reed

#been #being #burned #counted #god

Lead singers not only do the majority of the work, but their personalities are singled out and taken as the general attitude of the unit. ↗

— Martha Reeves

#general #lead #majority #only #out

It is always possible for the court to overreach its proper bounds and perhaps declare a lot of laws unconstitutional and frustrate the will of the majority in a way that it ought not be frustrated. ↗

— William Rehnquist

#bounds #court #declare #frustrate #frustrated

One of the reasons a strategist never sits in a stadium and gets caught up in the crowds - and never sits watching a debate in person - is because the vast majority of American voters watch these political events on television. ↗

— Ed Rollins

#because #caught #crowds #debate #events