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At the same, we need to remain sensitive to the reality that we are still an African society in which the majority of the people and communities live under severe deprivations and afflictions that are no fault of theirs.

Quote by Ibrahim Babangida about reality, society, need, people

To meet the expectations of the majority of our people, and to open up new vistas of economic opportunity so that the aspirations of Nigerians can stand a fair chance of being fulfilled in a lifetime, there must be a truly committed leadership in...

Quote by Ibrahim Babangida about chance, leadership, being, people

This show has been a major revitalization of my family life and personal life. It gave my family an avenue to speak to me honestly.

Quote by Willie Aames about family, life

It's the major changes in the other industries, it's the change in the economy- it's obviously got to effect our whole culture.

Quote by Lester Bangs about economy, culture, change

The Republican majority will stop at nothing to prevent access to the legal system for those who are hurt.

Quote by Joe Baca about nothing

It has something to do with the facts and the law and who the judges are. So I think lawyers sometimes exaggerate their role in winning and losing. Lawyers do have a role, and a major role, but they're not the only players in this game.

Quote by Floyd Abrams about judges, games, law

The theories of the major philosophers of the 18th century secular enlightenment were biblical and theological in spite of themselves.

Quote by M. H. Abrams

We get on the bandwagon in all sorts of ways - you know minor ways and major ways - like what you've just encountered which isn't censorship exactly, it was something sort of uglier in a way.

Quote by Kathy Acker

It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.

Quote by Douglas Adams about mistake, problems

The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair.

Quote by Douglas Adams about bad, things, impossible

Inanimate objects can be classified scientifically into three major categories; those that don't work, those that break down and those that get lost.

Quote by Russell Baker about objects, work

Objects can be classified scientifically into three major categories: those that don't work, those that break down and those that get lost.

Quote by Russell Baker about objects, work

The majority of husbands remind me of an orangutan trying to play the violin.

Quote by Honoré de Balzac

In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority is supreme.

Quote by Aristotel about democracy, wealth, power

The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius about life

The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius about life

We are too much accustomed to attribute to a single cause that which is the product of several, and the majority of our controversies come from that.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius

In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have the predominant power.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about rules, power

I approved the Maastricht treaty because it contained a major advance: the Euro. Despite its current shortcomings (it remains too strong) it can be a means of stability and power in the world.

Quote by Laurent Fabius about power, world

I'm optimistic that there's a movement towards Independence. It's addressed all the time between the two major parties that the Labour party will give an Assembly to devolution in Scotland.

Quote by Sean Connery about independence, time