Jayalalithaa (1948–2016) Indian politician and actress
Source: On Godhra train burning, It's a crime against humanity: Jayalalithaa http://hindu.com/2002/03/01/stories/2002030103151300.htm, 01 March 2002.
“Today, racism is regarded as a crime if practiced by a majority—but as an inalienable right if practiced by a minority.”
Source: The New Left: The Anti-Industrial Revolution (1971), p. 167
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William Feller (1906–1970) Croatian-American mathematician
Introduction, The Nature of Probability Theory, p. 6.
An Introduction To Probability Theory And Its Applications (Third Edition)
“Crimes are born in our minds and in the end are put into practice.”
Isaac Amani Massawe (1951) Tanzanian Roman Catholic archbishop
The Bishop of Moshi: "The loss of moral values threatens our common existence" http://www.fides.org/en/news/62146-AFRICA_TANZANIA_The_Bishop_of_Moshi_The_loss_of_moral_values_threatens_our_common_existence (22 April 2017)
“The minority is always in the right. The majority is always in the wrong.”
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
Attributed to Twain, but never sourced. Suspiciously close to "A minority may be right, and the majority is always in the wrong." — Henrik Ibsen "Enemy of the People," as well as a famous quote from Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard
Misattributed
“In the Islamic Republic the rights of the religious minorities are respectfully regarded.”
Ruhollah Khomeini (1902–1989) Religious leader, politician
Interview for Austrian television, Paris, (6 November 1978), as quoted in "Democracy? I meant theocracy — The most truthful individual in recent history" by Dr. Jalal Matini,and Farhad Mafie, in The Iranian (5 August 2003) http://www.iranian.com/Opinion/2003/August/Khomeini/ <br class="br">Foreign policy
“You can either practice being right or practice being kind.”
Anne Lamott (1954) Novelist, essayist, memoirist, activist
“I would rather be in minority and be right, than in the majority and wrong.”
Jodi Picoult book Sing You Home
Source: Sing You Home