Pastoral Resources

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

The genius of our ruling class is that it has kept a majority of the people from ever questioning the inequity of a system where most people drudge along, paying heavy taxes for which they get nothing in return.

The majority of the world's Muslims do not believe that terrorism is a legitimate strategy or that Islam is incompatible with democracy.

The violent radicals do not legitimately represent the overwhelming majority of the world's Muslims.

Don't ever let economic alone determine your career or how you spend the majority of your time.

I happened to be one of those who thought all these expenses necessary, and I had the good fortune to have the majority of both houses of Parliament on my side.

Mostly, I was only interested in television as a kid, and the majority of reading material I collected was an adjunct to that central concern, comic books and magazines included.

I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if they had the opportunity.

Certainly in the modern age where everything is glossed over, when somebody speaks their mind, the majority of the public go, I'd love to have said that.

Historically, the judicial branch has often been the sole protector of the rights of minority groups against the will of the popular majority.

This friend of mine said he was surprised to find that - I don't think it's quite a majority - a bigger percentage of actors are introverts than extroverts. It was a big surprise to him. Now, I know me, and I'll do anything if I'm playing a character. Or anything that's true to the character, anyway. But in real life I'm a little more withdrawn.

In 1972, I got my first electric bass and started playing the kind of instrument I play now. I found that the majority of musicians couldn't bear that. They are not used to listening to the bass because they think the bass is in the background to support them.

In the Constitution of the American Republic there was a deliberate and very extensive and emphatic division of governmental power for the very purpose of preventing unbridled majority rule.

In a democracy there is a centralization of governmental power in a simple majority.

I dare say that a majority of the American people think that having a fair hearing on an issue of importance in our relations with Mexico is extremely important to our national interest, as well as theirs.

The vast majority of English folk cannot and will not consider a picture as a picture, apart from any story which it may be supposed to tell.

What is morality in any given time or place? It is what the majority then and there happen to like and immorality is what they dislike.

Most of our ancestors were not perfect ladies and gentlemen. The majority of them weren't even mammals.

That settled Abraham Lincoln with me. I was thoroughly satisfied that no such man ought to be President; but I could not yet conceive it possible that such a monster would be the choice of a majority of the people for President.

The large majority of the Negroes who have put on the finishing touches of our best colleges are all but worthless in the development of their people.