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Quote by Leo Baeck
A minority is always compelled to think. That is the blessing of b

A minority is always compelled to think. That is the blessing of being in the minority. – Leo Baeck

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A minority is powerless while it conforms to the majority; it is not even a minority then; but it is irresistible when it clogs by its whole weight. – Henry David Thoreau

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In making the great experiment of governing people by consent rather than by coercion, it is not sufficient that the party in power should have a majority. It is just as necessary that the party in power should never outrage the minority. – Walter Lippmann

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