Of course, the aim of a constitutional democracy is to safeguard the rights of the minority and avoid the tyranny of the majority. (p. 102)

Cornel West

Mots clés majority minority democracy



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What an ironic tragedy that an affluent, “Christian” minority in the world continues to hoard its wealth while hundreds of millions of people hover on the edge of starvation!

Ronald J. Sider

Mots clés majority minority wealth christianity tragedy poverty irony hunger starvation affluence



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When you're the only sane person, you look like the only insane person.

Criss Jami

Mots clés humor individuality majority minority insanity unique sanity popularity craziness misunderstood abnormal appearance original being-different



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A majority opinion does not represent the ultimate decision because such a view is not unanimous and lacks general will.

Duop Chak Wuol

Mots clés majority minority opinion judgement



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The most dangerous enemy of truth and freedom among us is the compact majority. Yes, the damned, compact, liberal majority...

Thomas Stockman

Mots clés majority aphorism nietzche



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The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority, or rather of that party, not always the majority, that succeeds, by force or fraud, in carrying elections.

John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton

Mots clés majority tyranny



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The existence of a majority logically implies a corresponding minority.

Philip K. Dick

Mots clés majority minority existence



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If an action must be taken that will benefit the majority at the cost of the minority, is it morally indefensible?

If an action taken for the benefit of a majority occurs at the expense of a minority, is it moral action?

Garth Nix

Mots clés majority minority morals action shade benefit garth-nix shades-children



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It is not always that the majority are right in a vote of a certain event. If that certain event was with no doubt acceptable to human nature then the minority would not exist.

Nathanael Kanyinga

Mots clés majority minority



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If there is a rotten government in a democracy, the main reason for this is that there is a rotten majority over there!

Mehmet Murat ildan

Mots clés majority



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