The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the…

The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority, or rather of that party, not always the majority, that succeeds, by…

— Lord Acton

Though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will, to be rightful, must be reasonable.

— Thomas Jefferson

Democracy is nothing but the Tyranny of Majorities, the most abominable tyranny of all, for it is not based on the authority of a…

— Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression.

— Thomas Jefferson

Of the people, by the people, for the people,

— Sun Yat-sen

Anonymity is a shield from the tyranny of the majority.

— John Paul Stevens

Of all tyrannies a country can suffer, the worst is the tyranny of the majority.

— William Inge

Oh God, the terrible tyranny of the majority. We all have our harps to play. And it's up to you to know with which…

— Ray Bradbury

The terrible tyranny of the majority.

— Ray Bradbury

“Yet in his own estimate, one theme in particular dominated all others: the growing tyranny of the majority, the ever-increasing and most formidable barriers…

— Richard D. Heffner

All government is an evil, but, of the two form's of that evil, democracy or monarchy, the sounder is monarchy; the more able to…

— Benjamin Haydon

“Sure, they say, we may not live in a condition of perfect Goodness. But we’re lucky that we don’t live in a condition of…

— Mark Fisher

Shall we then judge a country by the majority, or by the minority? By the minority, surely.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

In making the great experiment of governing people by consent rather than by coercion, it is not sufficient that the party in power should…

— Walter Lippmann

That the desires of the majority of the people are often for injustice and inhumanity against the minority, is demonstrated by every page of…

— John Adams