Friday, February 03, 2006


When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong. The minority are right.

-Eugene V. Debs

1 Comments:

At Thursday, February 02, 2006 11:55:00 PM , Blogger Eli Blake said...

Generally, true, but not always. By 1860, abolitionists had grown numerous enough to win the election for Lincoln (although his abolitionism was limited to banning slavery in the new territories, which even that was too much for the South.)

But you are right, in general. Movements do have a way of taking off though when their proponents stand up (i.e. civil rights, anti-Vietnam war).

 

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