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In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have the predominant power.

In politics, an organized minority is a political majority.

The majority does not rule in America, but the minority shouldn't hijack it. And it's because we're afraid. They have isolated us and made us feel as though we're alone. We're not.

It's counterintuitive, but the most divisive arrangement is when the same party controls both Congress and the presidency, a situation encountered in eight of the past 10 years. With government unified under a single party, the minority has the least possible incentive to cooperate with the majority.

The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.

A minority may be right, and a majority is always wrong.

The majority is not society, is not everyone. Majority coercion over the minority is still coercion.

Majority rule only works if you're also considering individual rights. Because you can't have five wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for supper.

In a democracy there is a centralization of governmental power in a simple majority.

I don't think it is ever enough for a governing majority to simply be opposed to things. We have to be for things.