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No democracy can long survive which does not accept as fundamental to its very existence the recognition of the rights of minorities. – Franklin D. Roosevelt

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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. – Eric Hoffer

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What characterizes a member of a minority group is that he is forced to see himself as both exceptional and insignificant, marvelous and awful, good and evil. – Norman Mailer

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A minority may be right, and a majority is always wrong. – Henrik Ibsen

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Niggerization is the result of oppression — and it doesnt just apply to the black people. Old people, poor people, and students can also get niggerized. – Florynce R. Kennedy

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