Benefits Quote by Noam Chomsky

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

— Robert Caro

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

— Albert Camus

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

I think there is not enough understanding of the fact that in a democracy how you treat the security of the minority must be…

— Shabana Azmi

“Democracy is about the majority understanding that minorities have rights too.”

— Gavin Esler

Democracy has turned out to be not majority rule but rule by well-organized and well-connected minority groups who steal from the majority.

— Llewellyn Rockwell

You have fewer rights because you are a minority. Absolutely, that’s how democracy works.

— Jacob Zuma

The minority must have involvement in society. You can have different cultural practices that you accept. But if you are going to adopt democracy…

— Sheila Jackson Lee

The most important element of democracy, I believe, is the protection of minorities.

— Shahin Najafi

Majorities can be wrong, majorities can overrule rights of minorities. If majorities ruled, we could still have slavery. 80% of the population once enslaved…

— Howard Zinn

Democracy, in any rational form, also imposes conditions on majority rule. That's what the Bill of Rights is about, for example.

— Noam Chomsky

The main point of democracy is to deliver positive results for the majority.

— Chrystia Freeland