202 Quotes About Majority

True leaders do not make choices with reference to the opinion of the majority. They make choices based on the opinion of the truth and the truth can come from either the majority or the minority!

I would remind you to notice where the claim of consensus is invoked. Consensus is invoked only in situations where the science is not solid enough. Nobody says the consensus of scientists agrees that E=mc2. Nobody says the consensus is that the sun is 93 million miles away. It would never occur to anyone to speak that way.

Being on the side of the majority is often a sign that you are wrong, or the most unlikely to be right.

Don't follow the crowd. The side of the majority is the riskiest place to have dust thrown on your uniqueness.

The people that change the world are the world-historic figures that make the world believe what they believe about themselves. These people never believe the world. Like Dr. Stockmann, they stand proudly alone

Most people believe most of the things they believe only because they believe that most people believe them.

معظم المذاهب قائمة على صوت الأغلبية وذكاء الأقلية

The active minority in the world is the fraction that makes the world a better place for the passive majority.

الشعور الديني أو القومي يتصاعد في أوقات المحن التي يشعر فيها أتباع تلك الأديان أو القوميات بالتهديد، هنالك قلة تنبذ المسألة برمتها لتتخلص من التهمة، ولكن الأغلبية تزداد تمسكاً بهويتها، وتعتبرها عنصراً من عناصر بقائها وقوتها. أدركت في تلك المرحلة، بأن الشعور الديني مجرد هوية تتراخى وتقوى وفقاً للظروف، وغالباً ما تكون الفئات المقموعة هي الأكثر تمسكاً بهويتها من أجل الحفاظ عليها، فيما تتراخى مثل تلك المشاعر تدريجاً لدى أتباع الفئات الحاكمة.