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In making the great experiment of governing people by consent rather than by coercion, it is not sufficient that the party in power should have a majority. It is just as necessary that the party in power should never outrage the minority. – Walter Lippmann

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The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on. – Walter Lippmann

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Most men, after a little freedom, have preferred authority with the consoling assurances and the economy of effort it brings. – Walter Lippmann

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In a free society the state does not administer the affairs of men. It administers justice among men who conduct their own affairs. – Walter Lippmann

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All history is a record of the power of minorities, and of minorities of one. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities. – Lord (John Emerich Edward Dalberg) Acton

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My non-violence bids me dedicate myself to the service of the minorities. – Mahatma Gandhi

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A minority is always compelled to think. That is the blessing of being in the minority. – Leo Baeck

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