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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.
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.
It is my principle that the will of the majority should always prevail.
It is my principle that the will of the majority should always prevail.
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.
It never troubles the wolf how many the sheep may be.
It never troubles the wolf how many the sheep may be.
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.
It is disturbing to discover in oneself these curious revelations of the validity of the Darwinian theory. If it is read more
It is disturbing to discover in oneself these curious revelations of the validity of the Darwinian theory. If it is true that we have sprung from the ape, there are occasions when my own spring appears not to have been very far.
The only relevant test of the validity of a hypothesis is comparison of prediction with experience.
The only relevant test of the validity of a hypothesis is comparison of prediction with experience.
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