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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 (1862). “Intuitions and Summaries of Thought”, p.44
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.