All sacrifices of common sense, and all recourse to plausible political combinations, whether of individuals or of men, are uniformly made at the expense of the majority.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
We all have choices we have to make, and with those choices come certain sacrifices.
The collective judgment of the electorate must be respected.
All politics are based on the indifference of the majority.
All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression.
There's no use to having the majority if you are going to be hamstrung by your perception of political vicissitudes.
Men of authority have employed all the destructive agents around them to promote their own personal interests at the sacrifice of every just, honorable, and lawful consideration.
Every man, when he comes to be sensible of his natural rights, and to feel his own importance, will consider himself as fully equal to any other person whatever.
That every person is desirous to obtain, with as little sacrifice as possible, as much as possible of the articles of wealth.
It is unnatural for a majority to rule, for a majority can seldom be organized and united for specific action, and a minority can.
Politicians have to be committed to people in equal measures.