Language Minority

Famous quotes containing the words language and/or minority:

    “Like the train’s beat
    Swift language flutters the lips
    Of the Polish airgirl in the corner seat.”
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

    “A city built upon mud;
    A culture built upon profit;
    Free speech nipped in the bud,
    The minority always guilty.
    Why should I want to go back
    To you, Ireland, my Ireland?”
    —Louis MacNeice (1907–1963)