Thomas Jefferson Quotes About Tyranny Of The Majority
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the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression.
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Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none.
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Errors of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.
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Though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will, to be rightful, must be reasonable.
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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.
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The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
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