Another way to put it is that the majority must not use its power to trample on minority rights. The Founders were very concerned about this. What if the majority decides, for instance, to confiscate the property of the minority? The Founders insisted that "tyranny of the majority" is just as dangerous as having a one-man tyrant. In some ways, it's more dangerous. It's bad enough to be oppressed by one man-even worse to be oppressed by the bulk of your fellow citizens. In Notes on Virginia Jefferson declared that "an elective despotism was not the government we fought for.
( Dinesh D'Souza )
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