Majoritarian Quotes
- Courts are an aristocratic institution in a democracy. That's the dilemma for an institution that has the function of reviewing the will of the people.… — Rose Bird
- What I worry about would be that you essentially have two chambers, the House and the Senate, but you have simply, majoritarian, absolute power on… — Barack Obama
- The detention of Japanese Americans during World War II would qualify as an example of majoritarian tyranny and misuse of executive prerogative, driven by fear… — Michael Ignatieff