Believe Quote by Harry Enten

I don't think any party is capable of getting a single majority on its own.

— J. Jayalalithaa

It's characteristic of democracy that majority rule is understood as being effective not only in politics but also in thinking. In thinking, of course,…

— Joseph Campbell

In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have the predominant power.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“In national politics, where you are one of some twenty million voters, your influence is infinitesimal unless you are exceptional or occupy an exceptional…

— Bertrand Russell

In a democracy sovereignity is vested in a majority; and a majority is not only, at best, an ignorant, foolish and emotional mob, but…

— Jean Bodin

With the parties at virtual parity and the ideological gulf between them never greater, the stakes of majority control of Congress are extremely high.

— Thomas E. Mann

It is unnatural for a majority to rule, for a majority can seldom be organized and united for specific action, and a minority can.

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Consensus politics means that you cannot afford to give the many-headed beast, the public, anything to vote against, for voting against is what gargantuan…

— Germaine Greer

We must abandon the notion that the people govern. Instead, we must adopt the theory that, by their occasional mobilisations as a majority, people…

— Walter Lippmann

We had a majority in 1990, 1994, 1996, we lost it every time. You know why? Because we compromised... We don't need a majority.…

— Matt Shea

The principle of majority rule is the mildest form in which the force of numbers can be exercised. It is a pacific substitute for…

— Walter Lippmann

It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of…

— Samuel Adams