"The terrible tyranny of the majority." — Ray Bradbury

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• In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the… — Aristotle
• I don't like LA. The majority just seem to be so artificial. Look at how they worship everything they think… — Billie Joe Armstrong
• The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in… — Marcus Aurelius
• We are too much accustomed to attribute to a single cause that which is the product of several, and the… — Marcus Aurelius
• The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority, or rather of that party, not always the… — Lord Acton
• The majority of husbands remind me of an orangutan trying to play the violin. — Honore de Balzac
• It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom… — Samuel Adams
• When the American people elected Barack Obama and large Democrat majorities, the die was cast. ObamaCare was coming. Popular or… — Bob Beauprez
• The majority does not rule in America, but the minority shouldn't hijack it. And it's because we're afraid. They have… — Glenn Beck
• I've never wanted to look like models on the cover of magazines. I represent the majority of women and I'm… — Adele
• The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron… — Otto von Bismarck
• We submit to the majority because we have to. But we are not compelled to call our attitude of subjection… — Ambrose Bierce

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