Quotes by Majority Rule The young [Nazi] movement is in its nature and inner organization anti-parliamentarian; that is, it rejects... a principle of majority rule in which the leader is degraded to the level of mere executant of other people's wills and opinion. Adolf Hitler majority-rule organization people By rejecting the authority of the individual and replacing it by the numbers of some momentary mob, the parliamentary principle of majority rule sins against the basic aristocratic principle of Nature. Adolf Hitler majority-rule democracy numbers The right to vote is a consequence, not a primary cause, of a free social system - and its value depends on the constitutional structure implementing and strictly delimiting the voters' power; unlimited majority rule is an instance of the principle of tyranny. Ayn Rand majority-rule liberty principles "All government in essence," says Emerson, "is tyranny." It matters not whether it is government by divine right or majority rule. In every instance its aim is the absolute subordination of the individual. Emma Goldman majority-rule government essence When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong. Eugene V. Debs majority-rule democracies-have freedom I call government that works the best for people open society, which is basically just another more general term for a democracy that is - you call it maybe a liberal democracy. It's not only majority rule but also respect for minorities and minority opinions and the rule of law. So it's really a sort of institutional democracy. George Soros majority-rule government law Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance. H. L. Mencken majority-rule freedom ignorance Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage. H. L. Mencken majority-rule running art The Greeks... labored under the delusion that their democracy was a guarantee of peace and plenty, not realizing that unrestrained majority rule always destroys freedom, puts the minority at the mercy of the mob, and works at cross-purposes to the effective use of human energy and individual initiative. Henry Grady Weaver majority-rule historical greek The rights to life, liberty and property were not meant to be subject to the vagaries of majority rule. Ilana Mercer majority-rule liberty rights But government in which the majority rule in all cases can not be based on justice, even as far as men understand it. Henry David Thoreau majority-rule justice men After all, the practical reason why, when the power is once in the hands of the people, a majority are permitted, and for a long period continue, to rule is not because they are most likely to be in the right, nor because this seems fairest to the minority, but because they are physically the strongest. But a government in which the majority rule in all cases cannot be based on justice, even as far as men understand it. Henry David Thoreau majority-rule men hands It is unnatural for a majority to rule, for a majority can seldom be organized and united for specific action, and a minority can. Jean-Jacques Rousseau majority-rule minorities political Neither current events nor history show that the majority rule, or ever did rule. Jefferson Davis majority-rule events political It's characteristic of democracy that majority rule is understood as being effective not only in politics but also in thinking. In thinking, of course, the majority is always wrong. Joseph Campbell majority-rule democracy thinking America was founded on majority rule, not supermajority rule. Somehow, over the years, this has morphed into supermajority rule, and that changes things. Kent Conrad majority-rule america years In a racially divided society, majority rule is not a reliable instrument of democracy. Lani Guinier majority-rule democracy racism You can't have five wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for dinner. Larry Flynt majority-rule niece sheep Democracy has turned out to be not majority rule but rule by well-organized and well-connected minority groups who steal from the majority. Llewellyn Rockwell majority-rule democracies-have democracy 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. Lord Acton majority-rule democracies-have party 12»
