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The most dangerous enemy of truth and freedom amongst us is the compact majority
Henrik Ibsen1828–1906An Enemy of the People (1882), Act IV, spoken by Dr. StockmannIn context
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The majority has might on its side⁠—unfortunately; but right it has not. I am in the right⁠—I and a few other scattered individuals. The minority is always in the right.
Henrik Ibsen1828–1906An Enemy of the People (1882), Act IV, spoken by Dr. StockmannIn context
The right to change the government by the ballot box and not the barrel of a gun; perhaps the best definition of a democracy.
Elizabeth II1926–2022During a speech to President Gerald Ford celebrating the 200th anniversary of American independence.