That's what the Senate is about. It's the last bastion of minority rights, where a minority can be heard, where a minority can stand on its feet, one individual if necessary, and speak until he falls into the dust.
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Never be afraid to stand with the minority when the minority is right, for the minority which is right will one day be the majority.
The right of a minority is so important in a democracy.
The purpose of the minority is to become the majority.
Historically, the judicial branch has often been the sole protector of the rights of minority groups against the will of the popular majority.
We need more leaders speaking up for minority groups who have been marginalized and attacked.
One of my messages to Republicans is very simple: One-third of your schedule should be listening to people in minority communities.
Every senator needs to stand up and represent their constituents - not big business, not the ACLU, not activist groups, not political interests, but the American interests, the workers' interests.
In Republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority.
The United States Senate wasn't designed to be a majority-rule institution. It was designed to include and accommodate the rights of the minority in small states as well as large states.
The Constitution gives the president the power to appoint, upon the advice and consent of a majority of the Senate, and it plainly does not give a minority of senators any right to interfere with that process.