A minority is powerless while it conforms to the majority it is not even a minority then but it is irresistible when it clogs by its whole weight. (Henry David Thoreau)

A minority is powerless while it conforms to the majority it is not even a minority then but it is irresistible when it clogs by its whole weight.

Henry David Thoreau

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