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The smallest number, with God and truth on their side, are weightier than thousands.
The smallest number, with God and truth on their side, are weightier than thousands.
The political machine works because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority.
The political machine works because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority.
The voice of the majority is no proof of justice.
The voice of the majority is no proof of justice.
There is one body that knows more than anybody, and that is everybody.
There is one body that knows more than anybody, and that is everybody.
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.
When you get too big a majority, you're immediately in trouble.
When you get too big a majority, you're immediately in trouble.
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
Every new opinion, at its starting, is precisely in a minority of one.
Every new opinion, at its starting, is precisely in a minority of one.
We go by the major vote, and if the majority are insane, the sane must go to the hospital.
We go by the major vote, and if the majority are insane, the sane must go to the hospital.