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 亨利·大卫·梭罗

少数服从多数,就没有力量;那时它甚至不是少数;但当它被整个重量卡住时,它是无法抗拒的。

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When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong. The minority are right.

当历史发生重大变化时,当涉及重大原则时,大多数人通常是错误的。少数人是对的。

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

当我们处于少数时,勇气的考验就来了。当我们占多数的时候,宽容的考验就来了。

Shall we then judge a country by the majority, or by the minority? By the minority, surely.

我们是按多数人呢。是按少数人呢。当然是少数人。

How a minority, Reaching majority, Seizing authority, Hates a minority!

少数, 达到多数, 抓住权力, 讨厌少数!