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The majority of the world's Muslims do not believe that terrorism is a legitimate strategy or that Islam is incompatible with democracy.
by Gijs de Vries (Politician, Dutch , born in 1956) keywords: believe, democracy, incompatible, islam, legitimate, majority, muslims, strategy, terrorism , world Don't ever let economic alone determine your career or how you spend the majority of your time.
by Denis Waitley (Writer , American) keywords: alone, career, determine, economic, ever, how, majority, spend, time , your I happened to be one of those who thought all these expenses necessary, and I had the good fortune to have the majority of both houses of Parliament on my side.
by Robert Walpole (Statesman, British , born in 1676) keywords: both, expenses, fortune, good, had, happened, houses, majority, necessary, parliament, side, these, those , thought Mostly, I was only interested in television as a kid, and the majority of reading material I collected was an adjunct to that central concern, comic books and magazines included.
by Chris Ware (Artist, American , born in 1967) keywords: adjunct, books, central, collected, comic, concern, included, interested, kid, magazines, majority, material, mostly, only, reading , television I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if they had the opportunity.
by Charles Dudley Warner (Journalist, American , born in 1829) keywords: am, convinced, generous, had, majority, motives, opportunity, selfish , would Certainly in the modern age where everything is glossed over, when somebody speaks their mind, the majority of the public go, I'd love to have said that.
by Pete Waterman (Producer, English , born in 1947) keywords: age, certainly, everything, go, love, majority, mind, modern, over, public, said, somebody, speaks, their , where Historically, the judicial branch has often been the sole protector of the rights of minority groups against the will of the popular majority.
by Diane Watson (Politician, American , born in 1933) keywords: against, been, branch, groups, historically, judicial, majority, minority, often, popular, protector, rights, sole , will In 1972, I got my first electric bass and started playing the kind of instrument I play now. I found that the majority of musicians couldn't bear that. They are not used to listening to the bass because they think the bass is in the background to support them.
by Eberhard Weber (Musician, German , born in 1940) keywords: background, bass, bear, because, electric, first, found, got, instrument, kind, listening, majority, musicians, now, play, playing, started, support, them, think , used In the Constitution of the American Republic there was a deliberate and very extensive and emphatic division of governmental power for the very purpose of preventing unbridled majority rule.
by Robert Welchkeywords: american, constitution, deliberate, division, emphatic, extensive, governmental, majority, power, preventing, purpose, republic, rule, unbridled , very I dare say that a majority of the American people think that having a fair hearing on an issue of importance in our relations with Mexico is extremely important to our national interest, as well as theirs.
by William Weld (Politician, American , born in 1945) keywords: american, dare, extremely, fair, having, hearing, importance, important, interest, issue, majority, mexico, national, our, relations, say, theirs, think , well The vast majority of English folk cannot and will not consider a picture as a picture, apart from any story which it may be supposed to tell.
by James Whistler (Artist, American , born in 1834) keywords: any, apart, cannot, consider, english, folk, majority, may, picture, story, supposed, tell, vast, which , will What is morality in any given time or place? It is what the majority then and there happen to like and immorality is what they dislike.
by Alfred North Whitehead (Mathematician, English , born in 1861) keywords: any, dislike, given, happen, immorality, majority, morality, place, then , time Most of our ancestors were not perfect ladies and gentlemen. The majority of them weren't even mammals.
by Robert Anton Wilson (Writer, American , born in 1932) keywords: ancestors, even, gentlemen, ladies, majority, mammals, most, our, perfect, them, were , weren That settled Abraham Lincoln with me. I was thoroughly satisfied that no such man ought to be President; but I could not yet conceive it possible that such a monster would be the choice of a majority of the people for President.
by John Sergeant Wise (Author, American , born in 1846) keywords: abraham, choice, conceive, could, lincoln, majority, man, monster, ought, possible, president, satisfied, settled, such, thoroughly, would , yet In our so-called democracy we are accustomed to give the majority what they want rather than educate them to understand what is best for them.
by Carter G. Woodson (Historian, American , born in 1875) keywords: accustomed, best, democracy, educate, give, majority, our, rather, so-called, than, them, understand , want The large majority of the Negroes who have put on the finishing touches of our best colleges are all but worthless in the development of their people.
by Carter G. Woodson (Historian, American , born in 1875) keywords: best, colleges, development, finishing, large, majority, negroes, our, put, their, touches , worthless
