Dust Quote by Robert Byrd

“[The Senate] ought to be so constituted as to protect the minority of the opulent against the majority.”

— James Madison

Never be afraid to stand with the minority when the minority is right, for the minority which is right will one day be the…

— William Jennings Bryan

Its minority rule and majority limited rights. In fact it's set up that way. If you read the framers of the constitution, including James…

— Noam Chomsky

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

— Robert Caro

It's always easier in the Senate minority to maintain unity.

— Karen Tumulty

The Senate is allowed to work the way it was designed to - meaning a place where nothing is decided without a good dose…

— Mitch McConnell

A minority is powerless while it conforms to the majority.

— Henry David Thoreau

“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

The minority must bow to the majority.

— Jair Bolsonaro

It's important that if one opposes discriminatory speech, one opposes all kinds. That is that one decides on a principle that it will include…

— Judith Butler

Historically, the judicial branch has often been the sole protector of the rights of minority groups against the will of the popular majority.

— Diane Watson

The Constitution gives the president the power to appoint, upon the advice and consent of a majority of the Senate, and it plainly does…

— John Jay Hooker