Cases Quote by James Madison

It's counterintuitive, but the most divisive arrangement is when the same party controls both Congress and the presidency, a situation encountered in eight of…

— John Sununu

Majority decision is not always the right decision, and the minority cannot be compelled to abide by it.

— Manja Bayang

In making the great experiment of governing people by consent rather than by coercion, it is not sufficient that the party in power should…

— Walter Lippmann

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

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

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 Congress the majority governs, but the minority rules.

— Evan Esar

A minority is powerless while it conforms to the majority; it is not even a minority then; but it is irresistible when it clogs…

— Henry David Thoreau

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

A government resting on the minority is an aristocracy, not a Republic, and could not be safe with a numerical and physical force against…

— James Madison

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

— Albert Camus

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

“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