Force Quote by Abraham Lincoln

“If by the mere force of numbers a majority should deprive a minority of any clearly written constitutional right, it might in a moral…

— Abraham Lincoln

Usually, in any revolution people are focused on who wants to have the most power. But the most important thing is the laws that…

— Shirin Ebadi

When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right.

— Victor Hugo

If the idea of revolution is to win out, it must be through political enlightenment. It is useless to try to impose it by…

— Sun Yat-sen

Revolutions can no longer be achieved by minorities. No matter how energetic and intelligent a minority may be, it is not enough, in modern…

— Jean Jaures

The right of revolution, which tyrants, in mockery, accord to mankind, is no legal right under a government; it is only a natural right…

— Lysander Spooner

“.. the homemade wisdom of the parliamentary nursery: in order to carry anything, you must first have a majority. The same, they say, applies…

— Rosa Luxemburg

The right of a minority is so important in a democracy.

— Robert Caro

Of course, the aim of a constitutional democracy is to safeguard the rights of the minority and avoid the tyranny of the majority. (p. 102)

— Cornel West

The right of revolution is an inherent one. When people are oppressed by their government, it is a natural right they enjoy to relieve…

— Ulysses S. Grant

“Dictatorship of the majority over the minority would be an encroachment on the rights of the individual and their prerogative to personal freedom.”

— Newton Lee