Zitat des Tages über Unpopulär / Unpopular:
Well I think that what we're seeing now is that the people feel like they, the people in Congress don't have their consent to govern them. They keep doing things that are incredibly unpopular. And so when that happens, folks get angry.
I am thrilled and proud of Benjamin Watson for speaking up on behalf of innocent black lives, traditionally an unpopular stance in the mainstream media.
The Army confronted racial integration when it was still unpopular in society. It has been struggling to more fully integrate women. Its troops, after all, reflect society.
I just did what I did and I still am. It makes you unpopular, maybe for a lifetime, but I'd rather do that than be popular and doubt what I am.
I lived near Santa Cruz for ten years, and the whole time, it bothered me what an exclusionary definition of 'inclusion' was in force. Social censure was applied to those who expressed unpopular or uncomfortable ideas.
I remembered myself as an unpopular and rather sad kid.
The way I think liberties get eroded is not that all of a sudden you become an Orwellian state, but gradually it becomes harder for people with unpopular views to speak out without being in danger, be it from the state or just from the majority of the people who don't like them.
I know I'm unpopular.
Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications.
People think I take some sort of masochistic pleasure out of putting out music that's gonna be unpopular.
In this era in which we live, the old-fashioned virtues grow increasingly unpopular.
I welcome the role that people of faith play in building Britain's future - and the Catholic communion in particular is to be congratulated for so often being the conscience of our country, for helping 'the least of these' even when bearing witness to the truth is hard or unpopular.
I cringe when critics say I'm a master of the popular novel. What's an unpopular novel?
I am not unaware how unpopular on this floor are the sentiments I am about to advocate.
I was never really unpopular in high school.
Democratic candidates who run from President Obama in red states where he is unpopular are making a big mistake. Their holding Obama at arm's length deprives voters of a clear choice at the ballot box.
Free speech is meant to protect unpopular speech. Popular speech, by definition, needs no protection.
Sometimes, in order to follow our moral compass and/or our hearts, we have to make unpopular decisions or stand up for what we believe in.
Which European leader today would not relish the wonder-working powers of a Moses? Budget deficit? Unpopular cuts? How about just a little miracle, an overnight increase in gold reserves, a new oil field, or the next world-changing communications technology? Surely that's not too much to ask.
A lot of my childhood memories involve walking home in floods of tears. At that age, feeling unpopular is difficult to handle.
I don't get offered leading parts. I suppose I've become a kind of character actor or sideman. I think it had to do with probably in the '90s, I refused so many leading roles that they gave up on me, or I just became unpopular, or I became old. All those reasons.
The only possible effect one can have on the world is through unpopular ideas.
A lot of what inspired many musicians is celebrating differences, and people relate to that - more people feel like the unpopular, freaky one than the one in the in-crowd.
My role isn't to be politically smart. My role is to do what's right under the constitution. And if that's politically unpopular, so be it.
Isn't it strange that I who have written only unpopular books should be such a popular fellow?
Popular in our time, unpopular in his. So runs the stereotype of rejected genius.
The tax code is becoming steadily more progressive, which shouldn't surprise anyone who understands power politics. It's always easier to force sacrifice on an unpopular minority than it is to ask the majority to pony up.
A free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.
All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions.
Home of lost causes, and forsaken beliefs, and unpopular names, and impossible loyalties!
At that age, feeling unpopular is difficult to handle. It's a hard feeling to shake off. Feeling comfortable in my own skin has never been easy for me.
I think President Bush tried to step up on Social Security even though the polls showed that was unpopular. He has not been successful and backed off, but I admire people who take on big problems.
The Founding Fathers provided a way to reverse unpopular Supreme Court decisions: a constitutional amendment.
You have to build a team, but someone's got to lead, and someone's got to be unpopular at times.
Since the end of the Cold War, hegemonism has become increasingly unpopular.
It's true that the Federal Reserve faces a lot of political pressure and is unpopular in many circles.
