Cases Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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

— Thomas Jefferson

Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority.

— Ayn Rand

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

Shall we then judge a country by the majority, or by the minority? By the minority, surely.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority.

— Lord Acton

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

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

Democracy is for infidels. A real Muslim is not a democrat because he doesn't care about the opinions of majorities and minorities don't interest…

— Abdul Sattar Abu Risha

That the desires of the majority of the people are often for injustice and inhumanity against the minority, is demonstrated by every page of…

— John Adams

The minority is always stronger than the majority, because the minority is generally formed by those who really have an opinion.

— Soren Kierkegaard

If the pendulum swings, it may swing to a combination of Conservatives and Liberal Democrats and, thus, to a period of minority government or…

— Vince Cable

“Laura tingle: "So it's not jut that we see Gillard as a backstabber who brought down an elected prime minister, it is that we…

— Laura Tingle