Historically, the judicial branch has often been the sole protector of the rights of minority groups against the will of the popular majority. – Diane Watson
The majority is not society, is not everyone. Majority coercion over the minority is still coercion. – Murray Rothbard
In recurring episodes over the next couple of decades, the minority view gradually won. A profusion of factors differentiates each case from the others, including naked partisanship on both sides, but the trend has been clear. – Michael Kinsley
Sci-fi and fantasy used to be a TV staple throughout my childhood. Then it just stopped dead. It was seen as culty, a minority interest. – Mark Gatiss
There is this huge Roma problem in Europe. There are a lot of Romas who are discriminated against in countries like the Czech Republic or Hungary. They are an ethnic minority that in Europe everyone loves to hate. – Evgeny Morozov
As an Anglo-Indian kid in Bolton, I was basically in a minority of one. That was a source of misery, but at the same time, one of the effects of receiving the message that you don’t belong to the club is that you watch the club with detachment. The fact that no one quite knew who I was was a major contributory factor in starting to write. – Glen Duncan
We raised almost 2 million dollars at the last golf tournament that can be used for minority scholarships and Junior Golf programs. The payoff for the work we do is so much more valuable than the work we actually do for it. – Darius Rucker
The world is still changing. Faster than ever. And so should the Republican Party. Or condemn itself to a smaller and smaller base of core supporters and permanent minority status. – Mark McKinnon
Strong efforts have been made in Ohio to curb the authoritarianism of our Secretary of State, Kenneth Blackwell, as he has purged people from lists in our State in particular precincts where voters are heavily minority. – Marcy Kaptur
There have been, in recent years, many Asian American pioneers in the public eye who’ve defied the condescendingly complimentary ‘model minority’ stereotype: actors like Lucy Liu, artists like Maya Lin, moguls like Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh. They are known, often admired. – Eric Liu
Teenagers have no advocate. I think any other minority so maligned by Hollywood would have pickets around the theater saying, ‘We are not just idiots.’ – David Seltzer
I feel Irish-Americans are the forgotten minority group. Nobody else is making films about them. – Edward Burns
I’ve been a speaker. I’ve been a majority leader. I’ve been a minority leader. Those are the sort of things I don’t need any more. – Dan Webster
Well, it seems to me Lincoln, I suppose, is kind of a model of a particular sort of presidency, a presidency that first of all is elected by a minority of the votes. – David Herbert Donald
The bottom line is I’m a slow zombie guy – I’m always a slow zombie guy but I also know I’m in the minority. – Max Brooks
In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority. – Edmund Burke
A minority group has ‘arrived’ only when it has the right to produce some fools and scoundrels without the entire group paying for it. – Carl T. Rowan
Your political system is actually too democratic. The fact that Americans vote on every bill and proposition can prolong bigotry indefinitely, especially where it is aimed at minority groups. – George Michael
It is admitted by everybody that rights and privileges enjoyed by the Roman Catholic minority in Manitoba down to 1890, were taken away by legislation of 1890. – Charles Tupper
Chess only appeals to quite a small minority. It does not have the cachet of a mainstream popular sport. – Magnus Carlsen
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
We need to have a discussion on race, but we also need to have a discussion on how we are treating poor and minority people in this country. – Marcia Fudge
The weakness that our campaign and that I had is we weren’t effective in taking my message primarily to minority voters. – Mitt Romney
Given that Mr. Kerry is clearly exaggerating what happened to minority voters in the 2000 election in Florida, maybe we should wait for him to provide evidence of what he is alleging in 2004. – John Fund
Most of my time as a legislator, I served in the minority. So I’m used to getting the heel of a loaf of bread. – Kate Brown