Philosophy Quote by Ilona Andrews

“Democracy meant all men were to be heard, and a decision was taken together as a people. Majority rule was a foreign notion. A…

— Nelson Mandela

“Another way to put it is that the majority must not use its power to trample on minority rights. The Founders were very concerned…

— Dinesh D'Souza

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

— Albert Camus

“Sometimes a majority simply means that all the fools are on the same side.”

— Anonymous

“It was a reign of minority, when the strongest had the best right, and when acts of usurpation were frequent amongst those who had…

— Walter Scott

“One person, with good purpose, can, constitute the majority.”

— Maya Angelou

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

“...the majority in a democracy has no more right to tyrannize over a minority than, under a different system, the latter would to oppress…

— Theodore Roosevelt

“Dictatorship of the majority over the minority would be an encroachment on the rights of the individual and their prerogative to personal freedom.”

— Newton Lee

“Majority wins, but majority is not necessarily right and sometimes majority is awfully wrong.”

— Amit Kalantri

“I hate that the actions of a minority can influence the opinions of a majority.”

— Sarah Ayoub

“The democratic system cannot be operated without effective opposition. For, in making the great experiment of governing people by consent rather than by coercion,…

— Walter Lippmann