Democracy is an experiment, and the right of the majority to rule

Democracy is an experiment, and the right of the majority to rule is no more inherent than the right of the minority to rule; and unless the majority represents sane, righteous, unselfish public sentiment, it has no inherent right. – William Allen White (Thanks, Bob)

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