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Minority Quotes

Sometimes the truest voice is the smallest group.

Some quotes here look critically at uneven policing outcomes affecting minority communities, while a much older quote reflects on how unevenly enslaved people were counted across different historical states, discussed strictly as a documented critique of that era's injustice. Related ideas continue in our Group quotes.

The Jews are the living embodiment of the minority, the constant reminder of what duties societies owe their minorities, whoever they might be.

Quotes by Abba Eban

There is no doubt that Stop-and-Frisk does not yield the desired results, and it is apparent that it disproportionately targets minority communities.

Quotes by Yvette Clarke

To reduce this claim of slavery to an absurdity, it is only necessary to add that there are only two states in which slaves are a majority, and not one in which the slaveholders are not a very disproportionate minority.

Quotes by William H. Seward

The political machine triumphs because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority.

Quotes by Will Durant

Always Quotes

Truth always originates in a minority of one, and every custom begins as a broken precedent.

Quotes by Will Durant

South Africa was to evolve into the most pernicious example of the criminal practise of colonial and white minority domination.

Quotes by Thabo Mbeki

I have always included minority characters in my stories, often as heroes.

Quotes by Stan Lee

To date, nearly 100,000 Hispanics have died with AIDS. Since Hispanics are the fastest growing minority group in the United States, our challenge is even greater.

Quotes by Solomon Ortiz

It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.

Quotes by Samuel Adams

Being Quotes

Every religious group, while perhaps a majority somewhere, is also inevitably a minority somewhere else. Thus, religious organizations should and do show tolerance toward members of other religious denominations.

Quotes by Russell M. Nelson

For decades, Saddam and his Sunni minority had imposed their will on Iraq, carrying on a 14-century tradition of Sunnis controlling Mesopotamia despite a Shiite majority.

Quotes by Richard Engel

I grew up in a lower-middle-class environment, usually the lone minority among my classmates.

Quotes by Reggie Fils-Aime

The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.

Quotes by Ralph W. Sockman

The purpose of the minority is to become the majority.

Quotes by Pete Sessions

Group Quotes

Nevertheless, I don't hesitate to say that elections in Germany are decided in the center, not on the fringes and not in the accumulation of minority interests.

Quotes by Peer Steinbruck

The United States Senate wasn't designed to be a majority-rule institution. It was designed to include and accommodate the rights of the minority in small states as well as large states.

Quotes by Olympia Snowe

A minority government can't govern without support from other parties.

Quotes by Nicola Sturgeon

I found, in the Senate, you can have significant impact whether you're in the minority party or the majority party, and a lot of it goes back to... that you really have to be able to count to 60.

Quotes by Mike DeWine

Trump in particular was such an unpopular candidate, because he's so anti communities of color, and we're a minority majority state, are you kidding?

Quotes by Michelle Lujan Grisham

He Quotes

A small minority of strokes are hemorrhagic strokes, which are caused by bleeding into the brain when a blood vessel bursts.

Quotes by Michael Greger

Frequently Asked Questions

What does "minority" mean across these quotes?
It covers being outnumbered in different contexts, from social and political groups to a philosophical idea that one determined voice can represent the truth even when everyone else disagrees.
Does this page include any historical quotes?
Yes, one older quote critically examines how slavery was distributed unevenly across certain states in history, referenced here as a documented condemnation of that injustice, not an endorsement of it.
Is there a quote about policing and minority communities?
Yes, one quote raises concerns that certain policing practices have had an uneven impact on minority communities.
Is there a more hopeful or philosophical quote in this set?
Yes, one line suggests that truth and lasting change often start with just one person, showing that being part of a minority isn't always a disadvantage.
Where can I find more quotes about group identity and belonging?
Our Group quotes page and Being quotes page both explore related ideas about identity within a larger whole.

Other lines take a more philosophical turn, arguing that meaningful change and truth itself frequently start with a single person willing to stand apart from the crowd. For more on identity and belonging, see our Being quotes and Always quotes.