Clear Quote by Noam Chomsky

In Congress the majority governs, but the minority rules.

— Evan Esar

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

— James Madison

Amendment of the constitution is the minority's affair. Constitutions are invented to protect the rights of suppressed groups.

— Mohammad MUSTAFA

Our Constitution does not profess to have been established simply by the majority, but by 'the people' - the minority as much as the…

— Lysander Spooner

The principle that the majority have a right to rule the minority, practically resolves all government into a mere contest between two bodies of…

— Lysander Spooner

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

— Manja Bayang

“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

Rules of Order state that ... No minority has a right to block a majority from conducting the legal business of the organisation ....…

— Robert M. Pirsig

the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression.

— Thomas Jefferson

Minorities have a right to appeal to the Constitution as a shield against such oppression.

— James K. Polk

“The purpose of our Constitution—especially the Fourteenth Amendment’s equal-protection guarantee—is to protect minority rights even when, or especially when, they are unpopular.”

— Michelle Alexander

Just because a majority of the Supreme Court declares something to be 'constitutional' does not make it so.

— Rand Paul