Approved Quote by Thomas Jefferson

It is no less the duty of the minority than a majority to endeavour to defend the country.

— John C. Calhoun

A minority is powerless while it conforms to the majority.

— Henry David Thoreau

Decency requires that when a programme is approved by the majority, all should carry it out faithfully.

— Mahatma Gandhi

A majority can do anything.

— Joseph Gurney Cannon

A minority is powerless while it conforms to the majority; it is not even a minority then; but it is irresistible when it clogs…

— Henry David Thoreau

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

It is a duty for any government to uphold the rule of law, and this sometimes requires the proportionate use of force.

— Frans Timmermans

“The democratic system cannot be operated without effective opposition. For, in making the great experiment of governing people by consent rather than by coercion,…

— Walter Lippmann

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

Majority decision is not always the right decision, and the minority cannot be compelled to abide by it.

— Manja Bayang

In making the great experiment of governing people by consent rather than by coercion, it is not sufficient that the party in power should…

— Walter Lippmann

All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will,…

— Thomas Jefferson