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“Every citizen, it is said, must have equality, and therefore in a democracy the poor have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority is supreme.” Aristotle, Politics
“Oh, God, the terrible tyranny of the majority.” Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
“In a great national crisis like ours unanimity of action among those seeking a common end is very desirable—almost indispensable. And yet no approach to such unanimity is attainable unless some deference shall be paid to the will of the...” Abraham Lincoln, State of the Union Address
“Any man more right than his neighbors constitutes a majority of one already.” Henry David Thoreau, Civil Disobedience
“It is no use to take an action to which the masses are opposed, for it will then be impossible to enforce.” Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom
“Hain't we got all the fools in town on our side? And ain't that a big enough majority in any town?” Mark Twain, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
“For the moment the peril was nowhere and yet everywhere. The majority remained solid; but the leaders became stiff and exacting.” Anatole France, Penguin Island

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