Civil rights Quote by Theodore Roosevelt

“For the minority, what else is democracy than dictatorship?”

— Anna Jae

“Dictatorship of the majority over the minority would be an encroachment on the rights of the individual and their prerogative to personal freedom.”

— Newton Lee

“Democracy meant all men were to be heard, and a decision was taken together as a people. Majority rule was a foreign notion. A…

— Nelson Mandela

“I do not believe in the unlimited power of the majority,because tyranny of the majority is tyranny like any other.”

— Alija Izetbegović

“Democracy is essentially government by the majority, and a majority may be stupid, unenlightened, foolish, misled, and corrupt.”

— John Hospers

“The tyranny of a majority can be just as cruel as the tyranny of a single dictator, depending on the degree of enlightenment or…

— John Hospers

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

— Gavin Esler

“Sometimes it seems that everybody in the world is in favor of democracy, just as long as it gives them the result they want.”

— Jack Lessenberry

“Keep in mind that democracy merely gives power to the people; it does not ensure that power will be used wisely or humanely.”

— Rodney Stark

“I hate that the actions of a minority can influence the opinions of a majority.”

— Sarah Ayoub

“It is bad to be oppressed by a minority, but it is worse to be oppressed by a majority. For there is a reserve…

— Lord Acton (John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton

“Thus Tyrants could practice, in a sense, “democracy.” But now “democracy” can do the same work without any tyranny other than her own.”

— C.S. Lewis