Aim Quote by Cornel West

The purpose of the Constitution is to restrict the majority's ability to harm a minority.

— James Madison

The essence of constitutionalism in a democracy is not merely to shape and condition the nature of majorities, but also to stipulate that certain…

— George Will

One of the benefits of a properly functioning democracy is minority rights and majority rule.

— Noam Chomsky

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

— Robert Caro

The aim of any good constitution is to achieve in a society a high degree of political harmony, so that order and justice and…

— Russell Kirk

We are a constitutional democracy. We must deal with things properly within the framework of the law and then the constitution.

— Jacob Zuma

And that is my definition of democracy, the right to be in a minority and not be suppressed

— Lee Harvey Oswald

Democracy is not the law of the majority but the protection of the minority.

— Albert Camus

Liberal constitutional democracy is supposed to ensure that each citizen is free and equal and protected by basic rights and liberties.

— John Rawls

Democracy is based on the majority principle. This is especially true in a country such as ours where the vast majority have been systematically…

— Nelson Mandela

Constitutions are checks upon the hasty action of the majority. They are the self-imposed restraints of a whole people upon a majority of them…

— William Howard Taft

A constitutional state is like daily bread, like water to drink and air to breath, and the best thing about democracy is that it…

— Gustav Radbruch