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Unpopular but right is what you're going for. -- Sam Altman
Unpopular speech is absolutely vital to the health of our nation. -- Edward Norton
Unpopular, lonely and loving, Elinor need not trouble, For if she were not so loving, She would not be so miserable. -- Stevie Smith
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. -- Jonathan Sacks
I am an unpopular electric eel in a pool of catfish. -- Edith Sitwell
A free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular. -- Adlai Stevenson
The Korean war has always been an unpopular war among the American people. -- Paul Robeson
The only possible effect one can have on the world is through unpopular ideas. -- Vivienne Westwood
Free speech is meant to protect unpopular speech. Popular speech, by definition, needs no protection. -- Neal Boortz
Isn't it strange that I who have written only unpopular books should be such a popular fellow? -- Albert Einstein
I've had strong opinions probably since I was born. It makes you unpopular, but what can you do? -- James D. Watson
A lot of my childhood memories involve walking home in floods of tears. At that age, feeling unpopular is difficult to handle. -- Rachel Stevens
When I was growing up, there were two things that were unpopular in my house. One was me, and the other was my guitar. -- Bruce Springsteen
I have been unable to live an uncommitted or suspended life. I have not hesitated to declare my affiliation with an extremely unpopular cause. -- Edward Said
The thing that's been inhibiting long-form investigative reporting is fear - fear of being sued, of being unpopular, of being criticized by very powerful groups. -- Eric Schlosser
The right way is not always the popular and easy way. Standing for right when it is unpopular is a true test of moral character. -- Margaret Chase Smith
Governors of both political parties face a stark choice between unpopular tax increases and drastic cuts in Medicaid, education, public safety and other essential services. -- Bill Delahunt
When President George W. Bush attempted to reform Social Security, that proposal was more unpopular with Americans than the Iraq war. People love their entitlements. -- Robert Kiyosaki
By not caring too much about what people think, I'm able to think for myself and propagate ideas which are very often unpopular. And I succeed. -- Albert Ellis
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. -- Tabatha Coffey
Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This is really the test of civilization. -- Winston Churchill
There are many qualities that make a great leader. But having strong beliefs, being able to stick with them through popular and unpopular times, is the most important characteristic of a great leader. -- Rudy Giuliani
There never is a good time for tough decisions. There will always be an election or something else. You have to pick courage and do it. Governance is about taking tough, even unpopular, decisions. -- Jairam Ramesh
The really important victory of the civil rights movement was that it made racism unpopular, whereas a generation ago at the turn of the last century, you had to embrace racism to get elected to anything. -- Carol Moseley Braun
President Obama has only had two major policy victories during his tenure: the stimulus package and Obamacare. Both are massively unpopular. The stimulus package launched the Tea Party movement. Obamacare led to the Republican wipeout of 2010. -- Ben Shapiro
The history of progress is written in the blood of men and women who have dared to espouse an unpopular cause, as, for instance, the black man's right to his body, or woman's right to her soul. -- Emma Goldman
I have friends who wear Star Wars costumes and act like the characters all day. I may not be that deep into it, but there's something great about loving what you love and not caring if it's unpopular. -- Kristen Bell
I don't want to tell President Obama how to make a speech. He's a much better speech maker than I am. But I think always to tell the truth in a sometimes blatant way, even though it might be temporarily unpopular, is the best approach. -- Jimmy Carter
You should never have to say hello or goodbye. Even at work sometimes, and I know this is very unpopular, is that if I'm going to work every single day, I don't think you should have to hug people hello every single day when you come to work. I saw you Monday! -- Mindy Kaling
There is probably a perverse pride in my administration... that we were going to do the right thing, even if short-term it was unpopular. And I think anybody who's occupied this office has to remember that success is determined by an intersection in policy and politics and that you can't be neglecting of marketing and P.R. and public opinion. -- Barack Obama
I know I'm unpopular. -- Ehud Olmert
Truth will only make you unpopular. -- Wolfgang Borchert
Being alone with yourself is increasingly unpopular. -- Jenny Holzer
The depositary of power is always unpopular. -- Benjamin Disraeli
An unpopular rule is never long maintained. -- Seneca the Younger
I'm just one of these unpopular musicians. -- Frank Zappa
In high school, I was very unpopular. -- Rene Russo
I was never really unpopular in high school. -- Tyler Posey
I HATE HALLOWEEN. This makes me VERY unpopular. -- Rachel Zucker
In all the world, rich people are very unpopular. -- Victor Pinchuk
Chastity is the most unpopular of the Christian virtues. -- C. S. Lewis
All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions. -- Adlai E. Stevenson
Intelligent people are always on the unpopular side of anything. -- Kin Hubbard
First make yourself unpopular, then you will be taken seriously. -- Konrad Adenauer
I was incredibly unpopular in high school but also extremely notorious. -- Grimes
We count the courtesies accorded us by unpopular people as offenses. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
Generally, I have an instinct for the noncommercial. And the unpopular. -- Robyn Hitchcock
At times unpopular measures are needed in order to change behaviour. -- Lucy Powell
As the eldest in the family, I'm used to making unpopular decisions. -- Hetty King
Love is feared: it dissolves society, it's unpopular, and it's very rare. -- Christina Stead
Without question the most unpopular medium of musical sound in the world. -- Thomas Beecham
Since the end of the Cold War, hegemonism has become increasingly unpopular. -- Li Peng
Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications. -- Fran Lebowitz
Sometimes in this world you make unpopular decisions because you think they're right. -- George W. Bush
In this era in which we live, the old-fashioned virtues grow increasingly unpopular. -- B. Carroll Reece
Liquor - you can make it illegal but you can't make it unpopular. -- Arthur Baer
The Christian church does not need more popular preaching, but more unpopular preaching. -- Walter Russell Bowie
I didn't mind being unpopular at school, because everyone else was a heathen. -- Jeanette Winterson
The courage in journalism is sticking up for the unpopular, not the popular. -- Geraldo Rivera
Home of lost causes, and forsaken beliefs, and unpopular names, and impossible loyalties! -- Matthew Arnold
I figured it is always better to be unpopular by your own choice. -- Tom Upton
To solve big problems you have to be willing to do unpopular things. -- Lee Iacocca
I think that most of us would prefer to be popular than unpopular. -- Desmond Tutu
Popular in our time, unpopular in his. So runs the stereotype of rejected genius. -- Robert Hughes
Just because the truth is unpopular doesn't mean that it should not be proclaimed. -- Billy Graham
I love agitation and investigation and glory in defending unpopular truth against popular error. -- James A. Garfield
A celebrity farts, and everyone endures, but the unpopular will be thrased to death. -- Michael Bassey Johnson
Honesty and unpopular opinions are the toughest sell in a country with an irony-deficiency. -- Greg Proops
The Moral Sense teaches us what is right, and how to avoid it-when unpopular. -- Mark Twain
We should celebrate more often politicians who stand up and say things that are unpopular. -- Philip Davies
Great leaders are willing to retire unloved and unpopular as the price for great exertion. -- Charles Krauthammer
All serious innovation is only rendered possible by some accident enabling unpopular persons to survive. -- Bertrand Russell
The main reason nerds are unpopular is that they have other things to think about. -- Paul G
My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular. -- Adlai E. Stevenson
If you want to be popular, preach happiness. If you want to be unpopular, preach holiness. -- Leonard Ravenhill
I cringe when critics say I'm a master of the popular novel. What's an unpopular novel? -- Irwin Shaw
Human beings do not like to look squarely into the face of tragedy. Gloom is unpopular. -- Saul Alinsky
I have a reputation for giving unpopular answers at Democratic debates. I never used marijuana. Sorry! -- Joe Lieberman
I am not unaware how unpopular on this floor are the sentiments I am about to advocate. -- Benjamin F. Wade
Being unpopular is never easy; but being unpopular in a good cause is a shield against despair. -- Roger Scruton
So easy to fall into a rut, isn't it? Why should ruts be so comfortable and so unpopular? -- Ruth Gordon
Our own State Department polls say that 80 percent of Iraqis view the United States as an unpopular occupier. -- Marty Meehan
People think I take some sort of masochistic pleasure out of putting out music that's gonna be unpopular. -- Billy Corgan
It's true that the Federal Reserve faces a lot of political pressure and is unpopular in many circles. -- Ben Bernanke
Obama hasn't been divisive just because his policies are so unpopular, though that's a large part of it. -- David Limbaugh
For the habitual truth-teller and truth-seeker, indeed, the whole world has very little liking. He is always unpopular. -- H. L. Mencken
The fully planned economy, so far from being unpopular, is warmly regarded by those who know it best. -- John Kenneth Galbraith
In this world it is becoming more and more unpopular to be a Christian. Soon it may become dangerous. -- Melvin Laird
Simplicity and elegance are unpopular because they require hard work and discipline to achieve and education to be appreciated. -- Edsger Dijkstra
We never could clearly understand how it is that egotism, so unpopular in conversation, should be so popular in writing. -- Thomas B. Macaulay
Foster a curiosity for the uncommon, regardless of how unpopular it is. The uncommon is where opportunity likes to hide. -- Ernie J Zelinski
...experience should warn us that tough and unpopular decisions are only made under intense political pressure produced by urgent necessity. -- Tom McClintock
You find bargains among the unpopular things, the things that everybody hates. The key is that you must have patience. -- Peter Cundill
If you're surrounded by idiots, you're the unpopular one and the odd one out because idiots don't like smart asses. -- Ricky Gervais
To a contrarian like me, constant advice not to do something almost always starts me quickly down the risky, unpopular path. -- Michael Bloomberg
He [Newt Gingrich] is the most unpopular politician in America. His favorable rating is only four points higher than the Unabomber. -- Al Franken
The avant-garde in every field consists of the lonely, the friendless, the uninvited. All progress is the product of the unpopular. -- Chuck Palahniuk
You've got to ensure that the holders of an opinion, however unpopular, are allowed to put across their points of view. -- Betty Boothroyd
Princes should delegate to others the enactment of unpopular measures and keep in their own hands the means of winning favours. -- Niccolo Machiavelli
Courage is making an unpopular decision and suffering through temporary discomfort because you know it will have the best long-term results. -- Andrena Sawyer
What's the point in being an unpopular writer? It just doesn't make a lot of sense. For me it doesn't, anyway. -- Bryce Courtenay
Singers come and go; the music business waxes and wanes. The blues are popular and unpopular, often at the same time. -- Linda Barnes
Free trade, one of the greatest blessings which a government can confer on a people, is in almost every country unpopular. -- Thomas B. Macaulay
President Lincoln chose to fight a bloody and unpopular war because he believed the enemy had to be defeated. He was right. -- Pete Hegseth
What's true or right is NEVER determined by popularity or polls. The right thing is often unpopular since it's harder to do. -- Rick Warren
I think that people who stand up for what they believe in, no matter how unpopular, should be celebrated, not cast aside. -- Craig Lancaster
BUT MY RECENT RESEARCH HAS SHOWN ME THAT FEMINISM HAS BECOME AN UNPOPULAR WORD. WOMEN ARE CHOOSING NOT TO IDENTIFY AS FEMINISTS. -- Emma Watson
Censorship laws are blunt instruments, not sharp scalpels. Once enacted, they are easily misapplied to merely unpopular or only marginally dangerous speech. -- Alan Dershowitz
My advice to a young man seeking deathless fame would be to espouse an unpopular cause and devote his life to it. -- Wendell Phillips
According to the world standards, following the prophet may be unpopular, politically incorrect or socially unacceptable, but following the prophet is always right, -- Carol F. McConkie
If anyone asks me whether I like being a popular writer, I ask them whether they think I'd rather be an unpopular writer. -- Barbara Taylor Bradford
When I arrived in France aged 20, I marched against the death penalty, which was an unpopular thing to protest against at the time. -- Jane Birkin
If you have to make an unpopular speech, give it all the sincerity you can muster; that's the only way to sweeten it. -- Jean Francois Paul de Gondi
For years I had been disillusioned by the Church of England's compromising on everything. The Catholic Church doesn't care if something is unpopular. -- Ann Widdecombe
Real courage is doing the right thing when nobody's looking. Doing the unpopular thing because it's what you believe, and the heck with everybody. -- Justin Cronin
In and out of government, I've always been willing to take on complicated, sometimes unpopular, issues and work them through to have a solution. -- Bernie Sanders
It is less mortifying to believe one's self unpopular than insignificant, and vanity prefers to assume that indifference is a latent form of unfriendliness. -- Edith Wharton
Fate is like a strange, unpopular restaurant filled with odd little waiters who bring you things you never asked for and don't always like. -- Daniel Handler
It is our duty to concentrate all our influence to make popular that which is sound and good, and unpopular that which is unsound. -- Joseph Smith, Jr.
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. -- Rose Bird

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