"The right of a minority is so important in a democracy."

-- Robert Caro

#Democracy Quotes #Important Quotes #Minorities Quotes

“People say Altamont was the end of the 60s. It was unfortunate, but at the time we didnt think of it as signaling anything. The fact that nobody got killed at Woodstock is amazing because that was half a million people. We only had 300,000 at Altamont.”
“Things that are holy are revealed only to men who are holy....”
“It is much easier to show compassion to animals. They are never wicked.”
“There is a sense that animated movies are suddenly a genre. I just don't believe they are; it's a technique to tell a story.”
“We do not want to lose our grief, because our grief is bound up with our love and we could not cease to mourn without being robbed of our affections.”
“To know is always better, no matter what the answer might be.”

Source : Max Brooks (2010). “World War Z”, p.200, Gerald Duckworth & Co
“The Chinese, by their favourite system of dwarfing, contrive to make it, when only a foot and a half or two feet high, have all the characters of an aged cedar of Lebanon.”

Source : Robert Fortune “A Residence Among The Chinese”, Lulu.com
“What I want to do is protect the religious liberties of those who believe that opposing same-sex marriage is part of their faith.”

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