Majoritarianism Quotes
The Security Council was never intended to be democratic. It was deliberately designed to give the largest, and most powerful states enough control over critical events so that they would be willing to join at all. Without the undemocratic aspect of the Security Council there would never have been a United Nations.
She was the first female Chief Justice in California.
Rushdoony was a intellectual Christian extremist who advocated a legal return to literal, Biblical, Mosaic Law -- that of the first 5 books of the Old Testament.
Many disagree with Hook. While there are few total societies as examples, recently they point to Pakistan where the Islamic majority not only tyrannized non-Muslims, but even Muslims who are not devout enough. Hooks opponents argue that tyranny of the majority is generally exhibited in areas. For example, the white American majority tyrannized the Black minority for the first 150 years of American history. Within local and state governments there are many more examples of Tyranny of the Majority. The Mormons tyrannized non Mormons when they first settled the Utah territory. The Mormons themselves had been tyrannized by Christian majorities throughout their trek from New York State to Utah.
