“Minorities have an illustrious past, full of suffering, torture, smear, and even death.   Jesus Christ was killed by a majority.”

—  Senator William Ezra Jenner of Indiana speaking in opposition to invoking cloture by majority vote on January 4, 1957, cited by Senator Robert Byrd, Senate speech on March 1, 2005, warning against a procedural effort being considered by some senators to shut down minority voices in senate debates.