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Majority opinions4 quotes
Much Madness is divinest Sense —
To a discerning Eye —
Much Sense—the starkest Madness —
'Tis the Majority
In this, as All, prevail —
Assent—and you are sane —
Demur—you're straightway dangerous —
And handled with a Chain — — Emily Dickinson · 1886It will be convenient to have a name for the ideas which are esteemed at any time for their acceptability, and it should be a term that emphasizes this predictability. I shall refer to these ideas henceforth as the conventional wisdom. — John Kenneth Galbraith · 1958Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority, it is time to reform. — Mark Twain · 1904Does history record any case in which the majority was right? — Robert A. Heinlein · 1973Conformity1 quote
It will be convenient to have a name for the ideas which are esteemed at any time for their acceptability, and it should be a term that emphasizes this predictability. I shall refer to these ideas henceforth as the conventional wisdom. — John Kenneth Galbraith · 1958Consensus1 quote
Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority, it is time to reform. — Mark Twain · 1904Intellectual history1 quote
It will be convenient to have a name for the ideas which are esteemed at any time for their acceptability, and it should be a term that emphasizes this predictability. I shall refer to these ideas henceforth as the conventional wisdom. — John Kenneth Galbraith · 1958Questioning one's beliefs1 quote
Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority, it is time to reform. — Mark Twain · 1904The masses1 quote
Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority, it is time to reform. — Mark Twain · 1904Thinking differently1 quote
Much Madness is divinest Sense —
To a discerning Eye —
Much Sense—the starkest Madness —
'Tis the Majority
In this, as All, prevail —
Assent—and you are sane —
Demur—you're straightway dangerous —
And handled with a Chain — — Emily Dickinson · 1886Thinking for oneself1 quote
Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority, it is time to reform. — Mark Twain · 1904