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A man in the right, with God on his side, is in the majority, though he be alone, for God is multitudinous above all populations of the earth. - Henry Ward Beecher A better principle than this, that "the majority shall rule," is this other, that justice shall rule. "Justice," says the code of Justinian, "is the constant and perpetual desire to render every man his due." - Christian Nestell Bovee Justice, not the majority, should rule. - Christian Nestell Bovee One with the law is a majority. - Calvin Coolidge Neither current events nor history show that the majority rules, or ever did rule. - Jefferson Davis A majority is always the best repartee. - Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield One and God make a majority. - Frederick Douglass If the majority is insane, the sane must go to the hospital. - Horace Mann We go by the major vote, and if the majority are insane, the sane must go to the hospital. - Horace Mann The voice of the majority is no proof of justice. - Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller Votes should be weighed, not counted! - Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller The fact disclosed by a survey of the past that majorities have been wrong must not blind us to the complementary fact that majorities have usually not been entirely wrong. - Herbert Spencer It never troubles the wolf how many the sheep be. - Virgil or Vergil (Publius Virgilius Maro Vergil) In a free and republican government, you cannot restrain the voice of the multitude. - George Washington
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