"I think many of us were a silent majority in a format like this.

VOA: standard.2009.08.17

"I especially like it because it involves the silent majority that haven't been involved in a long time."

VOA: standard.2010.03.28

It is still possible that there is a silent majority who support spending cuts and state privatisations.

BBC: Debt-laden Greece mired in anger and humiliation

Yet Mr Sarkozy took a bet that there was a silent majority prepared to accept change, however much they disliked it.

ECONOMIST: France's pension reform

Biden will appeal to those Catholics ( some say, a silent majority) who define themselves as faithful but who are also tolerant of cultural difference.

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