Minorities are the stars of the firmament; majorities, the darkness in which they float.

Minorities are the stars of the firmament; majorities, the darkness in which they float.

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

Desperate courage makes One a majority.

Desperate courage makes One a majority.

Only in the case of the Negro has the melting pot failed to bring a minority into the full stream read more

Only in the case of the Negro has the melting pot failed to bring a minority into the full stream of American life

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.

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

Everything great and intelligent is in the minority

Everything great and intelligent is in the minority

That cause is strong which has not a multitude, but one strong man behind it.

That cause is strong which has not a multitude, but one strong man behind it.

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.