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One with the law is a majority.
One with the law is a majority.
Nothing is more revolting than the majority; for it consists of few vigorous predecessors, of knaves who accommodate themselves, of read more
Nothing is more revolting than the majority; for it consists of few vigorous predecessors, of knaves who accommodate themselves, of weak people who assimilate themselves, and the mass that toddles after them without knowing in the least what it wants
One, with God, is always a majority, but many a martyr has been burned at the stake while the votes read more
One, with God, is always a majority, but many a martyr has been burned at the stake while the votes were being counted.
The voice of the majority is no proof of justice.
The voice of the majority is no proof of justice.
That the desires of the majority of the people are often for injustice and inhumanity against the minority, is demonstrated read more
That the desires of the majority of the people are often for injustice and inhumanity against the minority, is demonstrated by every page of the history of the whole world
The majority see the obstacles; the few see the objectives; history records the successes of the latter, while oblivion is read more
The majority see the obstacles; the few see the objectives; history records the successes of the latter, while oblivion is the reward of the former.
Every effort for progress, for enlightenment, for science, for religious, political, and economic liberty, emanates from the minority, and not read more
Every effort for progress, for enlightenment, for science, for religious, political, and economic liberty, emanates from the minority, and not from the mass
In economics, the majority is always wrong.
In economics, the majority is always wrong.
It never troubles the wolf how many the sheep may be.
It never troubles the wolf how many the sheep may be.