Crossword-Solution: MAJORITIES
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Majorities | pl. | of Majority |
We have 3 clues for the answer “MAJORITIES”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Controlling groups in House and Senate. | 1 answer |
| Democratic rulers | 1 answer |
| Pluralities. | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
AREET
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with MAJORITIES (5)
From questions of this class spring all our constitutional controversies, and we divide upon them into majorities and minorities.
Can there not be a government in which the majorities do not virtually decide right and wrong, but conscience?—in which majorities decide only those questions to which the rule of expediency is applicable? Must the citizen ever for a moment, or in the least degree, resign his conscience to the legislator? Why has every man a conscience, then? I think that we should be men first, and subjects afterward.
The men most bitterly charged with it go to Congress with the largest majorities, while the timid and doubtful are sent by lean majorities, or else left at home.
Where the largest unitary State is, there liberty is in the greatest danger; further, if this State be democratic, despotism without the counterpoise of majorities is to be feared.
One great object of the Constitution was to restrain majorities from oppressing minorities or encroaching upon their just rights.
Quotes with MAJORITIES (3)
The view that the truth is one and undivided, and the same for all men everywhere at all times, whether one finds it in the pronouncements of sacred books, traditional wisdom, the authority of churches, democratic majorities, observation and experiment conducted by qualified experts, or the convictions of simple folks uncorrupted by civilisation---this view, in one form or another, is central to western thought, which stems from Plato and his disciples.
Individual talent is an obstruction principally among teams that employ the facade of a synergy to diminish the majorities mediocrity.
Why do people seek one and not the other? It is the majorities that are led and they normally follow those who can help them meet their ever-present and growing needs. Question is, do you possess the kind of solutions they want? Are you well positioned to reach them or to be reachable by those who can benefit from your solution to their challenges?
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NYT.
Used 3 times in crossword archives (1956–1991).