I hear many condemn these men because they were so few. When were the good and the braver every in a majority
quote by Henry David Thoreau
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Life Saver
Just when I found myself
Back against the wall
You saved my life
With a telephone call
Far across the sea
You thought of me
I never thought Id ever see
The happy days you brought to me
Lifesaver
Lifesaver
Lifesaver
Lifesaver
Lifesaver
Lifesaver
Hey lifesaver
Lifesaver
Play on
Youre a lifesaver honey
Im a lot braver too
Youre a lifesaver baby
Do anything for you
Youre a lifesaver honey
Im a lot braver too
Youre a lifesaver baby
Id do anything for you
Youre a lifesaver honey
Youre a lifesaver honey
Im a lot braver too
Im a lot braver too
Youre a lifesaver baby
Youre a lifesaver baby
Do anything for you
Do anything for you
Youre a lifesaver honey
Youre a lifesaver honey
Im a lot braver too
Im a lot braver too
Youre a lifesaver baby
Youre a lifesaver baby
Do anything for you
Do anything for you
Youre a lifesaver honey
Youre a lifesaver honey
Im a lot braver too
Im a lot braver too
Youre a lifesaver baby
Youre a lifesaver baby
Do anything for you
Do anything for you
Youre a lifesaver honey
Youre a lifesaver honey
Im a lot braver too
Im a lot braver too
Youre a lifesaver baby
Youre a lifesaver baby
Do anything for you
Do anything for you
Youre a lifesaver honey
Youre a lifesaver honey
Im a lot braver too
Im a lot braver too
Youre a lifesaver baby
song performed by by Chicago
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It is proof of a base and low mind for one to wish to think with the masses or majority, merely because the majority is the majority. Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people.
quote by Giordano Bruno
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The Undertaking
I HAVE done one braver thing
Than all the Worthies did;
And yet a braver thence doth spring,
Which is, to keep that hid.
It were but madness now to impart
The skill of specular stone,
When he, which can have learn'd the art
To cut it, can find none.
So, if I now should utter this,
Others—because no more
Such stuff to work upon, there is—
Would love but as before.
But he who loveliness within
Hath found, all outward loathes,
For he who color loves, and skin,
Loves but their oldest clothes.
If, as I have, you also do
Virtue in woman see,
And dare love that, and say so too,
And forget the He and She;
And if this love, though placèd so,
From profane men you hide,
Which will no faith on this bestow,
Or, if they do, deride;
Then you have done a braver thing
Than all the Worthies did;
And a braver thence will spring,
Which is, to keep that hid.
poem by John Donne
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If Thats What You Need
Talking makes us human thats what I was told
So why do I find it so difficult to let my feelings unfold
Had I the courage to tell you Id promise you this
If thats what you need
Ill be the river Ill be the mountain always beside you
If thats what you need
I will be stronger I will be braver than ever before
When you came along and turned it all around
I promised myself I wouldnt tell you
Until we stood on solid ground
Holding the candle between us Ill tell you this
If thats what you need
Ill be the river Ill be the mountain always beside you
If thats what you need
I will be stronger I will be braver than ever before
And if theres any kind of danger
I hear you calling out my name
You can follow in my footsteps
And I will lead you safely back again
I never understood you however hard I tried
But it took me a while until I realised
That all the problems were mine
Holding you nearer to me to tell you this
If thats what you need
Ill be the river Ill be the mountain always beside you
If thats what you need
I will be stronger I will be braver than ever before
And when things go wrong
Ill be your conscience there to remind you all of your life
When you go wrong
Ill be the reason youll be protected all of your days
song performed by by Genesis
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A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.
quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Heroes may not be braver than anyone else. They're just braver five minutes longer.
quote by Ronald Reagan
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Be wise.
Don't be blind with the majority.
What they believe, follow or condemn
Can be wrong or misled or less grasped.
Mind the wise are in minority.
16.05.2012
poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
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The Minority Government
The wise are in minority.
The rulers are in minority
Rogues too are in minority.
So are captains and militants.
Teachers are in minority.
Bishops are in minority.
Juries too are minority.
So are smugglers and the rich.
Americans are in minority.
Human beings are in minority.
Minority rules the majority.
Minority rides the majority.
Majority yields to minority.
Majority fears the minority,
And loves to play the role of drudgery.
The sign of majority is slavery
23.09.2008
poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
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The basic policy of the British Government was that since the majority of people in Northern Ireland wished to remain in the United Kingdom, that was that. We asked what would happen if the majority wanted something else, if the majority wanted to see Irish unity.
The Majesty of the majority
The arrogance of the majority
Kills the freedom of the minority.
The authority of the majority
Checks the progress of the minority.
The humility of the majority
Tends the growth of the minority
The majesty of the majority
Grants the safety of the minority
Let the Babaar majid be rebuilt.
[The majid was an unused mosque built centuries ago in the place of a Hindu temple, and was destructed by the Hindu faith people giving a shock to the country’s secularism]
11.01.2004
poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
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Robert E. Lee
O Robert Lee, you paladin,
I wonder how my words would strike you.
I know the portrait might have been
In many, many ways more like you.
But you would not have had me plan
To make your figure more heroic;
For you would rather be a man
Than just a marble hearted stoic.
And I can often hear you say,
When they condemn and when they flatter,
In your divinely tender way,
'Good friend, it really doesn't matter.'
poem by Gamaliel Bradford
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Democracy encourages the majority to decide things about which the majority is ignorant.
quote by John Simon
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Democracy encourages the majority to decide things about which the majority is blissfully ignorant.
quote by John Simon
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A dissenting minority feels free only when it can impose its will on the majority: what it abominates most is the dissent of the majority.
quote by Eric Hoffer
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If You Look For Evil
If you look for evil good you cannot see
For your eyes only tell you what they want you in others to see
Of good and bad races you keep telling me
But your opinions are different to mine we see things differently.
I've worked with those of different races and backgrounds and in truth I can say
That people as a whole are quite good in their own way
Of different beliefs and cultures but I found them to be okay
If you show respect for others respect to you they will pay.
When you start comparing races you I do not wish to hear
your ignorance on such matters only based on your fear
Of those you see as different to you difference you cannot embrace
'Tis wrong to condemn people because of their race.
If you are only looking for flaws in those who are different to you then flaws you will find
To the good that is in them you do become blind
In this multicultural World your thinking renders you as small
One must admire those who believe in a fair go for all.
poem by Francis Duggan
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I Was Born In Hell And Fire
Black Jesus;
Redeem my black soul
I was born in hell and fire,
Will you condemn me to another?
If you knew my story,
I'm sure you'd be sorry.
A boy who knew no father,
Just a hapless mother.
How far could she go?
With those burden left for her alone.
Holy White Jesus,
Will you hear my supplication?
I was born in hell and fire,
Will you condemn me to another?
poem by Efe Benjamin
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It is unnatural for a majority to rule, for a majority can seldom be organized and united for specific action, and a minority can.
quote by Jean Jacques Rousseau
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For a happy couple
When situations do not play out
As we would wish them to, we become
Critical, irritated and furious.
We curse and condemn from helplessness.
To curse or condemn wrongs is a refusal
To accept their reality; note.
Not to curse or condemn wrongs is not
That you condoned them and from weakness.
A dog's tail cannot be kept straightened.
Either accept it as a reality
And remain with it if you have to.
Thus spouses can be in harmony.
06.05.2012
poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
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The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority, or rather of that party, not always the majority, that succeeds, by force or fraud, in carrying elections.
quote by Lord Acton
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To say that a work of art is good, but incomprehensible to the majority of men, is the same as saying of some kind of food that it is very good but that most people can't eat it.
quote by Leo Tolstoy
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