“Everybody's private motto: It's better to be popular than right”
Mark Twain
“What is right may not make you popular; what makes you popular may not always be right”
Aditya Karkera
“Human rights are not a popularity contest. Letting this march proceed is an international obligation. If prejudice is allowed to trump the rights that all citizens should enjoy, then everyone's freedoms are ultimately endangered.”
Scott Long
“Human rights are not a popularity contest.”
“Everything popular is wrong.”
Oscar Wilde
“The more things are forbidden, the more popular they become”
“Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.”
Jack Kerouac