Silent Majority

The "Silent Majority" are:

• Info Please: (1) "U.S. citizens who supported President Nixon's policies but who were not politically vocal, outspoken, or active: considered by him to constitute a majority; (2) "any group of people who are not outspoken and who are considered to constitute a majority." [1].

• MSN Encarta : A "large group not expressing opinions: a significant number of a given population who choose not to express their views, often because of apathy or because they do not believe their views matter." [2]

• Richard M. Nixon, "'Silent Majority' speech," CNN, November 3, 1969.

• Jeffrey Gedmin, "Iraq's Silent Majority. Are they with us, or with the terrorists?," The Weekly Standard, November 10, 2003.