A belief in hell and the knowledge that every ambition is doomed to frustration at the hands of a skeleton have never prevented the majority of human beings from behaving as though death were no more than an unfounded rumor.
Without peace and without the overwhelming majority of people that believe in peace defending it, working for it, believing in it, security can never really be a reality.
We respect opposition to any position or policy. But we believe that the opinion that should prevail and be respected is that of the majority.
The basic policy of the British Government was that since the majority of people in Northern Ireland wished to remain in the United Kingdom, that was that. We asked what would happen if the majority wanted something else, if the majority wanted to see Irish unity.
The game of history is usually played by the best and the worst over the heads of the majority in the middle.
A dissenting minority feels free only when it can impose its will on the majority: what it abominates most is the dissent of the majority.
The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.
Before success comes in any man's life, he's sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That's exactly what the majority of men do.
So, yes, we do celebrate America today because the majority will stand up and empower the American people to live that American Dream and to be part of making a better, freer, and safer world.
We in the majority have worked hard to empower people to create opportunities, to make jobs, to do things that turn America into a place where people can achieve their dreams.
We are the only ones who really can care about the preservation Foreigners who come to excavate, maybe some of them care about preservation, but the majority care about discoveries.
I love the ACLU and I'm concerned now, especially when it comes to our rights, with current politics and the religious community and the Conservative majority or minority - I don't know who they are.
It is not worth an intelligent man's time to be in the majority. By definition, there are already enough people to do that.
The only kind of coercion I recommend is mutual coercion, mutually agreed upon by the majority of the people affected.
The majority of Aboriginals do not want handouts because they realise that welfare is killing them.