Blaise Pascal Quotes

If we had a consensus we wouldn't have to go to a referendum.

The majority is always sane.

A majority can do anything.

Reason will conclude that where multitude is, there is the truth.

In government, consensus is more important than command; persuasion not only works better than arrogance, it's vital to the democratic process.

The majority voice should be controlling ... after a full, fair, and candid expression.

I have been defeated for election often enough to know that the majority can be wrong.

I am sticking as closely to my subject as I can; for my subject is precisely this, that it is the masses, the majority

Was there ever a time when the majority was right?

Let us not forget that we can never go farther than we can persuade at least half of the people to go.

The voice of the majority is no proof of justice.

The minority yields to the majority!

When everyone agrees to a single solution and a single plan, there's nothing more efficient in the world than an efficient democracy.

The only kind of coercion I recommend is mutual coercion, mutually agreed upon by the majority of the people affected.

We respect opposition to any position or policy. But we believe that the opinion that should prevail and be respected is that of the majority.

As long as we're in a democracy, I have to give what I think the majority of people will enjoy.

The views of several individuals are assuredly preferable to one man, even as the power of a number of men is of course greater than the power of one man.

Everything, everywhere, shall be decided by majority vote.

Majority rule is not the norm for solving issues or problems.

Towering over Presidents and State Governors, over Congress and State Legislatures, over conventions and the vast machinery of party, public opinion stands out in the United States, as the great source of Power.

A majority is always the best repartee.

Democratic government consists of listening, deciding, persuading.

I know of no better or safer human tribunal than the people.

A faction may beat a faction, at a pretty fair and even conflict; but in a fair and full contest, it can never beat the people. The great art of factions is to keep the decision from the body of the people.

It is not possible to assume that a world carried on by division of labor and authority, can be governed by universal opinions in the whole population.