--- title: "23 Majority Right Quotes by 14 authors" description: "Browse 23 Majority Right quotes by 14 authors. Discover the best Majority Right sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff2/henrik-ibsen-1419_majority_the-majority-never-has-right-on-its-side_1757779.jpg" --- > [The majority never has right on its side.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henrik-ibsen/the-majority-never-has-right-on-its-side/) [Henrik Ibsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henrik-ibsen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff2/henrik-ibsen-1419_majority_the-majority-never-has-right-on-its-side_1757779.jpg) > [Does history record any case in which the majority was right?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/does-history-record-any-case-in-which-the-majority-was-right/) [Robert A. Heinlein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-heinlein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/037/robert-a-heinlein-209_cases_does-history-record-any-case-in-which-th_2060689.jpg) > [One is a majority if he is right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/one-is-a-majority-if-he-is-right/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e7/abraham-lincoln-88_funny_one-is-a-majority-if-he-is-right-2889231_2889231.png) > [Was there ever a time when the majority was right?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/was-there-ever-a-time-when-the-majority-was-right/) [Robert A. Heinlein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-heinlein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfc/robert-a-heinlein-209_inspirational_was-there-ever-a-time-when-the-majority_2880174.jpg) > [The majority is never right, unless it includes me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ashleigh-brilliant/the-majority-is-never-right-unless-it-includes-me/) [Ashleigh Brilliant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ashleigh-brilliant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1d/ashleigh-brilliant-944_majority_the-majority-is-never-right-unless-it-in_2229245.png) > [I am in revolt against the age-old lie that the majority is always right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henrik-ibsen/i-am-in-revolt-against-the-age-old-lie-that-the-majority-is-always/) [Henrik Ibsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henrik-ibsen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b3/henrik-ibsen-1419_age_i-am-in-revolt-against-the-age-old-lie-t_1475104.jpg) > [Just because there is strength in numbers doesn't mean that the majority is always right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/just-because-there-is-strength-in-numbers-doesn-t-mean-that-the/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29f/anonymous-1_majority_just-because-there-is-strength-in-number_290535.jpg) > [Democracy is reproached with saying that the majority is always right. But progress says that the minority is always right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/democracy-is-reproached-with-saying-that-the-majority-is-always-right/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/907/anonymous-1_democracy_democracy-is-reproached-with-saying-that_972842.jpg) > [Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/individual-rights-are-not-subject-to-a-public-vote-a-majority-has-no-2/) [Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/133/ayn-rand-59_collectivism_individual-rights-are-not-subject-to-a-p_2507194.jpg) > [If our fathers, in 1776, had acknowledged the principle that a majority had the right to rule the minority, we should never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lysander-spooner/if-our-fathers-in-1776-had-acknowledged-the-principle-that-a-majority/) [Lysander Spooner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lysander-spooner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93c/lysander-spooner-3260_america_if-our-fathers-in-1776-had-acknowledged_1400900.jpg) > [You don't just go with a majority because it's the majority. You go with it because it's right. If it feels right,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-elliott/you-don-t-just-go-with-a-majority-because-it-s-the-majority-you-go/) [Joe Elliott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-elliott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9d/joe-elliott-19302_feels_you-don-t-just-go-with-a-majority-becaus_83092.png) > [“There can be no assumption that today's majority is 'right' and the Amish and others like them are 'wrong.' A way of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-e-burger/there-can-be-no-assumption-that-today-s-majority-is-right-and-the/) [Warren E. Burger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-e-burger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39e/warren-e-burger-20339_amish_there-can-be-no-assumption-that-today-s_1215339.jpg) > [The whole of the Bill is a declaration of the right of the people at large or considered as individuals... It establishes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-gallatin/the-whole-of-the-bill-is-a-declaration-of-the-right-of-the-people-at/) [Albert Gallatin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-gallatin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/931/albert-gallatin-73738_declaration_the-whole-of-the-bill-is-a-declaration-o_1934418.jpg) > [Rules of Order state that ... No minority has a right to block a majority from conducting the legal business of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/rules-of-order-state-that-no-minority-has-a-right-to-block-a-majority/) [Robert M. Pirsig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-pirsig/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/228/robert-m-pirsig-817_attempting_rules-of-order-state-that-no-minority-ha_3179218.jpg) > [The majority has no right to impose its religion on the rest. That's a tradition as sacred as the Constitution itself to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-rainey-harper/the-majority-has-no-right-to-impose-its-religion-on-the-rest-that-s-a/) [William Rainey Harper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-rainey-harper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d9/william-rainey-harper-61987_atheism_the-majority-has-no-right-to-impose-its_2466024.jpg) > [At first view it might seem not to square with the republican theory, to suppose either that a majority have not the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/at-first-view-it-might-seem-not-to-square-with-the-republican-theory/) [James Madison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-madison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a72/james-madison-373_cases_at-first-view-it-might-seem-not-to-squar_843809.png) > [The principle that the majority have a right to rule the minority, practically resolves all government into a mere contest between two…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lysander-spooner/the-principle-that-the-majority-have-a-right-to-rule-the-minority/) [Lysander Spooner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lysander-spooner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bba/lysander-spooner-3260_anarchist_the-principle-that-the-majority-have-a-r_1377691.jpg) > [Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/individual-rights-are-not-subject-to-a-public-vote-a-majority-has-no/) [Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fca/ayn-rand-59_earth_individual-rights-are-not-subject-to-a-p_1272270.jpg) > [The majority never has right on its side. Never, I say! That is one of these social lies against which an independent,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henrik-ibsen/the-majority-never-has-right-on-its-side-never-i-say-that-is-one-of-2/) [Henrik Ibsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henrik-ibsen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb3/henrik-ibsen-1419_clever_the-majority-never-has-right-on-its-side_1075579.jpg) > [“The majority never has right on its side. Never I say! That is one of the social lies that a free, thinking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henrik-ibsen/the-majority-never-has-right-on-its-side-never-i-say-that-is-one-of/) [Henrik Ibsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henrik-ibsen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbe/henrik-ibsen-1419_democracy_the-majority-never-has-right-on-its-side_357270.jpg) > [Was the majority right when they stood by while Jesus was crucified? Was the majority right when they refused to believe that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/was-the-majority-right-when-they-stood-by-while-jesus-was-crucified/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/443/anonymous-1_believe_was-the-majority-right-when-they-stood-b_1072710.jpg) > [“If we reject, as we must, the doctrine that the majority is always right, to submit moral issues to the vote is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-singer/if-we-reject-as-we-must-the-doctrine-that-the-majority-is-always/) [Peter Singer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-singer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b79/peter-singer-1001_democracy_if-we-reject-as-we-must-the-doctrine-tha_3184770.jpg) > [“The majority is never right. Never, I tell you! That's one of these lies in society that no free and intelligent man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henrik-ibsen/the-majority-is-never-right-never-i-tell-you-that-s-one-of-these-lies-2/) [Henrik Ibsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henrik-ibsen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa9/henrik-ibsen-1419_intelligent-man_the-majority-is-never-right-never-i-tell_534064.jpg) ## Top authors on Majority Right - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henrik-ibsen-41381.jpg) Henrik Ibsen 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/majority-right/henrik-ibsen/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/majority-right/#itemlist", "name": "Majority Right Quotes", "numberOfItems": 23, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The majority never has right on its side.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Henrik Ibsen" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henrik-ibsen/the-majority-never-has-right-on-its-side/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff2/henrik-ibsen-1419_majority_the-majority-never-has-right-on-its-side_1757779.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff2/henrik-ibsen-1419_majority_the-majority-never-has-right-on-its-side_1757779.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff2/henrik-ibsen-1419_majority_the-majority-never-has-right-on-its-side_1757779.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The majority never has right on its side.” — Henrik Ibsen", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Does history record any case in which the majority was right?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robert A. 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