Quotes about Majority Governance

Thomas Jefferson

It is my principle that the will of the majority should always prevail.

Samuel Kanyon Doe

Government is the majority’s!

Liberia was founded by American Blacks who dominated the Government until Doe shot the President on Television and seized the government. He was a member of the majority Krahn tribe which wanted to control the government. Under Doe the Liberian economy collapsed and civil rights evaporated.

Benjamin Tucker

The right of the majority is absolute.

Jack Kingston

Finally, I want to make the point that we are Republicans. We are the majority. It is going to be a little more difficult because we have to govern and come up with ideas.

Georg Buchner

Supreme power rests in the will of all or of the majority.

Evan Esar

In Congress the majority governs, but the minority rules.

Benjamin Harrison

Control by the majority. Everything else about our government is appendage, it is ornamentation.

Annastacia Palaszczuk

You have to govern like you've got a majority. It doesn't matter whether it's one seat, five or 10 seats.

Majority Governance Quotes