Sigmund Freud
Neurologist, Psychoanalyst
"I became aware of my destiny: to belong to the critical minority as opposed to the unquestioning majority."
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Minorities
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William Wallace
Political Leader
"Any society which suppresses the heritage of its conquered minorities, prevents their history or denies them their symbols, has sown the seeds of their own destruction."
Samuel Adams
Politician
"It is no dishonor to be in a minority in the cause of liberty and virtue"
Mahatma Gandhi
Political Leader
"Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth."
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Philosopher, Writer, Composer
"It is unnatural for a majority to rule, for a majority can seldom be organized and united for specific action, and a minority can."
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"Just because someone's a member of an ethnic minority doesn't mean they're not a nasty small-minded little jerk [...]"
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"Being in a minority, even in a minority of one, did not make you mad. There was truth and there was untruth, and if you clung to the truth even against the whole world, you were not mad."
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"Rather than a big figure, I guess you could say I'm more of an influential minority symbol."
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"All novels are about certain minorities: the individual is a minority. The universal in the novel-and isn't that what we're all clamoring for these days?-is reached only through the depiction of the specific man in a specific circumstance."
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"There are sufficient resources in the world for the needs of everybody, but not enough for the greed of even a significant minority."
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"Though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will, to be rightful, must be reasonable."
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"The minority is always stronger than the majority, because the minority is generally formed by those who really have an opinion."
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"Truth is for the minority."
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"Every new opinion, at its starting, is precisely in a minority of one."
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"The external reality and inner dynamic of happenings in Northern Ireland between 1968 and 1974 were symptomatic of change, violent change admittedly, but change nevertheless, and for the minority living there, change had been long overdue."
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"The problem with fiat money is that it rewards the minority that can handle money, but fools the generation that has worked and saved money."
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"The minority yields to the majority!"
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"Discrimination has a lot of layers that make it tough for minorities to get a leg up."
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"But for the national welfare, it is urgent to realize that the minorities do think, and think about something other than the race problem."
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"My non-violence bids me dedicate myself to the service of the minorities."
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"Asset values and earning power are the dominant factors affecting the valuation of a controlling interest in a business. Market price, which governs valuation of minority interest positions, is of little or no importance in valuing a controlling interest."
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"Everything great and intelligent is in the minority"
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"We cannot discuss the state of our minorities until we first have a sense of what we are, who we are, what our goals are, and what we take life to be."
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"Ever since I've had any political awareness, I've felt either alone or part of a tiny minority."
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"A minority is powerless while it conforms to the majority."
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