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Majority Quotes by Alexis de Tocqueville
- There is one universal law that has been formed, or at least adoptedby the majority of mankind. That law is justice. Justice forms the cornerstone…
- If it be admitted that a man, possessing absolute power, may misuse that power by wronging his adversaries, why should a majority not be liable…
- In the United States, the majority undertakes to supply a multitude of ready-made opinions for the use of individuals, who are thus relieved from the…
- In America the majority raises formidable barriers around the liberty of opinion; within these barriers an author may write what he pleases, but woe to…
- In no other country in the world is the love of property keener or more alert than in the United States, and nowhere else does…
- When I refuse to obey an unjust law, I do not contest the right of the majority to command, but I simply appeal from the…
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- We are too much accustomed to attribute to a single cause that which is the product of several, and the majority of… — Marcus Aurelius
- The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority, or rather of that party, not always the majority, that… — Lord Acton
- The majority of husbands remind me of an orangutan trying to play the violin. — Honore de Balzac
- It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the… — Samuel Adams
- When the American people elected Barack Obama and large Democrat majorities, the die was cast. ObamaCare was coming. Popular or not, constitutional… — Bob Beauprez
- The majority does not rule in America, but the minority shouldn't hijack it. And it's because we're afraid. They have isolated us… — Glenn Beck
- I've never wanted to look like models on the cover of magazines. I represent the majority of women and I'm very proud… — Adele
- The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood. — Otto von Bismarck
- We submit to the majority because we have to. But we are not compelled to call our attitude of subjection a posture… — Ambrose Bierce