Top 5 Tyranny Of The Majority Quotes

Though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will, to be rightful, must be reasonable.

Though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will, to be rightful, must be reasonable.

Majority Rule, Tyranny Of The Majority, Minorities

First Inaugural Address, 4 Mar. 1801

It is of great importance in a republic, not only to guard the society against the oppression of its rulers; but to guard one part of the society against the injustice of the other part.

James Madison

Republican Government, Tyranny Of The Majority, Injustice

Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay (1842). “The Federalist, on the New Constitution, Written in the Year 1788”, p.241

The terrible tyranny of the majority.

Ray Bradbury

Majority, Tyranny Of The Majority, Terrible

Ray Bradbury (2016). “Fahrenheit 451”, p.53, Hamilton Books

In a society under the forms of which the stronger faction can readily unite and oppress the weaker, anarchy may as truly be said to reign as in a state of nature.

James Madison

Stronger, Tyranny Of The Majority, May

James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay (2016). “The Federalist Papers: The Making of the US Constitution”, p.110, Arcturus Publishing