Unpopular Quotes
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My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.
Ahmed Bedier
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Why should ruts be so comfortable and so unpopular?
Ruth Gordon
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You`re a tobacco company, and you`re unpopular, so you write me a check for $1.7 billion.
Bailey Stanley
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You will find that the truth is often unpopular and the contest between agreeable fancy and disagreeable fact is unequal. For, in the vernacular, we Americans are suckers for good news.
Ahmed Bedier
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You can only get really unpopular decisions through if the electorate is convinced of the value of the environment. That`s what natural history programmes should be for.
David Attenborough
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There are many qualities that make a great leader. But having strong beliefs, being able to stick with them through popular and unpopular times, is the most important characteristic of a great leader.
Andre Seymour
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The right way is not always the popular and easy way. Standing for right when it is unpopular is a true test of moral character.
Aly Hinton
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The really important victory of the civil rights movement was that it made racism unpopular, whereas a generation ago at the turn of the last century, you had to embrace racism to get elected to anything.
Alan Burton
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The Korean war has always been an unpopular war among the American people.
Paul Robeson
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The definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.
Ahmed Bedier
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The courage in journalism is sticking up for the unpopular, not the popular.
Geraldo Rivera
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Since the end of the Cold War, hegemonism has become increasingly unpopular.
Alma Denny
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Popular in our time, unpopular in his. So runs the stereotype of rejected genius.
Robert Hughes
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Our own State Department polls say that 80 percent of Iraqis view the United States as an unpopular occupier.
Amanda Clark
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Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This is really the test of civilization.
Winston Churchill
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My esoteric doctrine, is that if you entertain any doubt, it is safest to take the unpopular side in the first instance. Transit from the unpopular, is easy... but from the popular to the unpopular is so steep and rugged that it is impossible to maintain ...
Alonzo Plough
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My esoteric doctrine, is that if you entertain any doubt, it is safest to take the unpopular side in the first instance. Transit from the unpopular, is easy... but from the popular to the unpopular is so steep and rugged that it is impossible to maintain ...
Alonzo Plough
Keywords: and :: any :: but :: doctrine :: doubt :: easy :: entertain :: esoteric :: first :: from :: if :: impossible :: in :: instance :: is :: it :: maintain :: my :: popular :: rugged :: safest :: side :: so :: steep :: take :: that :: the :: to :: transit :: unpopular :: youSource: brainyquote.com
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My esoteric doctrine, is that if you entertain any doubt, it is safest to take the unpopular side in the first instance. Transit from the unpopular, is easy... but from the popular to the unpopular is so steep and rugged that it is impossible to maintain ...
Alonzo Plough
Keywords: and :: any :: but :: doctrine :: doubt :: easy :: entertain :: esoteric :: first :: from :: if :: impossible :: in :: instance :: is :: it :: maintain :: my :: popular :: rugged :: safest :: side :: so :: steep :: take :: that :: the :: to :: transit :: unpopular :: youSource: brainyquote.com
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My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.
Ahmed Bedier
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Moral cowardice that keeps us from speaking our minds is as dangerous to this country as irresponsible talk. The right way is not always the popular and easy way. Standing for right when it is unpopular is a true test of moral character.
Aly Hinton
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I think President Bush tried to step up on Social Security even though the polls showed that was unpopular. He has not been successful and backed off, but I admire people who take on big problems.
Alana Erickson
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I just did what I did and I still am. It makes you unpopular, maybe for a lifetime, but I`d rather do that than be popular and doubt what I am.
Anaris Sickles
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I cringe when critics say I`m a master of the popular novel. What`s an unpopular novel?
Alexis Redmond
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Historically, propaganda has always merged with recruitment because people must first be conditioned to become soldiers and fight strangers in distant lands. It`s not a natural condition but must be manipulated to get people to join unpopular realities.
Audrey Shiomi
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He made some tough decisions that were unpopular and the decisions have stuck with some people through the years, but to me, Bruce gets a lot of the credit for the athletic department being on such a strong foundation.
Anya von Bremzen
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Governors of both political parties face a stark choice between unpopular tax increases and drastic cuts in Medicaid, education, public safety and other essential services.
Al Schiff
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Free speech is meant to protect unpopular speech. Popular speech, by definition, needs no protection.
Neal Boortz
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For the great majority of voters, it`s one team, and if Clinton`s popular, Gore`s popular; if Clinton`s unpopular, Gore`s unpopular.
William Kristol
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For the great majority of voters, it`s one team, and if Clinton`s popular, Gore`s popular; if Clinton`s unpopular, Gore`s unpopular.
William Kristol
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All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions.
Ahmed Bedier
