Winston Churchill,《Their Finest Hour》(演讲,1940):名句 “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.” 中的 so few 与 the few 概念高度相关,并使 “the few” 成为著名表达。
Charles Dickens,《A Tale of Two Cities》:作品中多次出现 few / the few 一类结构,用于强调“少数”与“多数”的对照与社会张力。
John Stuart Mill,《On Liberty》:讨论个体与多数压力时常用到 “the few” 与 “the many” 的对比框架。