Ganging Up Quotes

• The fact that the majority wants something good does not give them the right to use force on the minority that don't want to pay for it. If you have to use a gun, it's not really a very good idea. Democracy without respect for individual rights sucks. It's just ganging up on the weird kid, and I'm always the weird kid.

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  Penn Jillette

  Kids   Gun   Rights  

  Penn Jillette (2012). “God, No!: Signs You May Already Be an Atheist and Other Magical Tales”, p.151, Simon and Schuster

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• Employers ganging up against workers is like raising an army of elephants against ants.

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  Mahatma Gandhi

  Army   Elephants   Employers  

  Mahatma Gandhi (1965). “Collected Works”

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• [N]o one's ever been able to show me any difference between democracy and brute force. It's just a majority ganging up on a minority with the minority giving in to avoid getting massacred.

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  L. Neil Smith

  Differences   Giving   Democracy  

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• You know what i can't understand? You have all these people telling you all the time how great you are, smart and funny and talented and all that, i mean endlessly, i've been telling you for years. So why don't you believe it? why do you think people say that stuff, Em? Do you think it's a conspiracy, people secretly ganging up to be nice about you?

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  David Nicholls

  Nice   Smart   Believe  

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• A team is where a boy can prove his courage on his own. A gang is where a coward goes to hide.

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  Mickey Mantle

  Teamwork   Sports   Baseball  

  Mickey Mantle (1964). “The Quality of Courage”, p.90, U of Nebraska Press

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• Will pointed a finger accusingly in their direction. "You're ganging up on me. Is this how it's going to be from now on? I'll be the odd man out? Dear God, I'll have to befriend Jessamine." "Jessamine can't stand you," Jem pointed out. "Henry, then." "Henry will set you on fire.

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  Cassandra Clare

  Men   Fire   Odd Man  

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• Sometimes I've been to a party where no one spoke to me for a whole evening. The men, frightened by their wives or sweeties, would give me a wide berth. And the ladies would gang up in a corner to discuss my dangerous character.

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  Marilyn Monroe

  Inspiring   Party   Character  

  Marilyn Monroe (2006). “My Story”, p.130, Taylor Trade Publishing

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• Democracy without respect for individual rights sucks. It's just ganging up against the weird kid, and I'm always the weird kid.

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  Penn Jillette

  Kids   Rights   Democracy  

  Penn Jillette (2012). “God, No!: Signs You May Already Be an Atheist and Other Magical Tales”, p.151, Simon and Schuster

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