Majorities Quotes

39 Majorities quotes by 35 unique authors

The tyranny of majorities may be as bad as the tyranny of kings. — Arthur Balfour
Majorities are of two sorts: (1) communal majority and (2) political majority. A political majority is changeable in its class composition. A political majority grows.… — B R Ambedkar
The essence of constitutionalism in a democracy is not merely to shape and condition the nature of majorities, but also to stipulate that certain things… — George Will
Decision by majorities is as much an expedient as lighting by gas. — William E. Gladstone
One great object of the Constitution was to restrain majorities from oppressing minorities or encroaching upon their just rights. — James K. Polk
Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political function… — Ayn Rand
To say that majorities, as such, have a right to rule minorities, is equivalent to saying that minorities have, and ought to have, no rights,… — Lysander Spooner
Majorities and minorities cannot rightfully be taken at all into account in deciding questions of justice. — Lysander Spooner
Majorities, as such, afford no guarantees for justice. They are men of the same nature as minorities. They have the same passions for fame, power,… — Lysander Spooner
In Britain, polls show large majorities in favour of mansion taxes and higher taxes on the finance sector. — Geoff Mulgan
It does not do to rely too much on silent majorities, Evey, for silence is a fragile thing, one loud noise, and its gone. But… — Alan Moore
History has never been dominated by majorities, but only by dedicated minorities who stand unconditionally on their faith. — R.J. Rushdoony
Despots and democratic majorities are drunk with power. — Ludwig von Mises
F.D.R. had an economic crisis of unprecedented proportions in 1933 when he drove 15 major bills through the Congress, and super majorities in the House… — Robert Dallek
Incumbents are safe, but party majorities are not. This fosters symbolic votes, message politics and little serious legislating in Congress. — Thomas E. Mann
Demand the ballot as the undeniable right of every man who is called to the poll, and take special care that the old constitutional rule… — John Bright
For those of us who originally disagreed with ObamaCare and now disagree with the majority opinion of the SCOTUS, the challenge remains the same as… — Bob Beauprez
When people say they do not care what others think of them, for the most part they deceive themselves. Generally they mean only that they… — William Somerset Maugham

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