When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong. Eugene Debs
We are so concerned to flatter the majority that we lose sight of how very often it is necessary, in order to preserve freedom for the minority, let alone for the individual, to face that majority down. William F Buckley, Jr
Decision by majorities is as much an expedient as lighting by gas. W E Gladstone
One man with courage makes a majority. Andrew Jackson
In Republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority. James Madison
It does not prove a thing to be right because the majority say it is so. Friedrich von Schiller
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