Minor

Minor may refer to:

  • Minor (law), an underage child
  • Academic minor, a secondary focus of an undergraduate degree
  • Minor v. Happersett, a case appealed to the US Supreme Court concerning the right to vote

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Famous quotes containing the word minor:

    “Great causes are never tried on their merits; but the cause is reduced to particulars to suit the size of the partizans, and the contention is ever hottest on minor matters.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “Chopin—Two embalmers at work upon a minor poet ... the scent of tuberoses ... Autumn rain.”
    —H.L. (Henry Lewis)

    “A child who fears excessive retaliation for even minor offenses will learn very early on that to lie is to protect himself.... If your child intuits that you will react very punitively to his wrongdoing, he may be tempted to lie and may become, as time goes on, a habitual liar.”
    —Lawrence Balter (20th century)