Sentence examples for minority saying from inspiring English sources

Now – as usual – democracy will be served by a large minority saying what they least dislike, or staying at home.

Ms. Warren avoided a direct answer to Mr. Gregory's question of whether she considered herself a minority, saying, finally, "I consider myself as having a Native American background".

He didn't seem so ready to be nice to the minority, saying, "A great deal of scar tissue has built up on both sides of the aisle".

It criticized a plan being discussed by the current left-of-center government for the state to retain a blocking minority, saying such a move could lead to political interference and new problems.

Mr. Annan defended his plan as a fair compromise between the competing concerns of the island's Greek Cypriot majority and its Turkish Cypriot minority, saying it offered "better safeguards" for all 800,000 Cypriots.

Somalis, coastal people and Kenyan Muslims in general, also gave a uniform nod of approval.The Kikuyu and closely related tribes, who together add up to around 27% of the population, and are by far Kenya's most populous and richest group, voted solidly yes but with a substantial minority saying no, suggesting some debate within.

Of that, a minority - say, 40percentt - is doing extraordinarily well.

A minority said they didn't make that big a difference.

"We did feel that bonding that comes from a ridiculed minority," said Hannan.

"You don't want nobody like that representing you, especially a minority," said Shaiheem Allah, a barber.

"Getting oxygen is hard when you're in the minority," said former Representative Tom Davis, Republican of Virginia.