Truth always rests with the minority, and the minority is always stronger than the majority, because the minority is generally formed by those who really have an opinion, while the strength of a majority is illusory, formed by the gangs who have no opinion—and who, therefore, in the next instant (when it is popular to do so) can take on the opposite opinion.

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The Journals of Søren Kierkegaard, Journal X 2 A 429

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1849

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Shocking

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https://archive.org/details/journalsandpape00kier/page/n119/mode/2up

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