Equal rights Quote by Thomas Jefferson

Though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will, to be rightful, must be reasonable.

— Thomas Jefferson

The will of the majority will be respected.

— Mobutu Sese Seko

It is my principle that the will of the majority should always prevail.

— Thomas Jefferson

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

— Thomas Jefferson

A better principle than this, that "the majority shall rule," is this other, that justice shall rule. "Justice," says the code of Justinian, "is…

— Christian Nestell Bovee

When you belong to a minority, you have to be better in order to have the right to be equal.

— Chinese Proverbs

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

Laws must be justified by something more than the will of the majority. They must rest on the eternal foundation of righteousness.

— Amity Shlaes

All peoples must be respected, and they must all be granted the same rights.

— Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

I hereby swear, in my name and that of all our descendants, that we will never act against the principle of equal rights, and…

— Reuven Rivlin

Under the principle of equality, we should get as close to respecting equal votes of every citizen as we can, given our constitutional structure.…

— Lawrence Lessig

Equality is attainable as long as you are part of the majority.

— William James