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Mark Twain

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The minority is always in the right. The majority is always in the wrong.
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Attributed to Twain, but never sourced. Suspiciously close to "A minority may be right, and the majority is always in the wrong." — Henrik Ibsen "Enemy of the People," as well as a famous quote from Danish philosopher S?ren Kierkegaard

 
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