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
The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities. – Lord (John Emerich Edward Dalberg) Acton
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
Home schooled children frequently combine for many purposes – and they interact well. The growth of the home schooling movement means that more and more children are learning together, just not in a traditional classroom. – Ernest Istook
