"Silent majority"...sounds like an antithesis to Paulie's comment "Un-silent majority". Paulie has good qualities. We can't choose our family. And sometimes, the same holds for friends. As lowly as they may be, they serve a purpose. Muts and mutants we are. Outcasts we are. Underdogs we are. Americans we are. Did you cry when Old Yeller was shot?

Rocky IV: Rocky Drago Press Conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCakq_nR-4A