“Dictatorship of the majority over the minority would be an encroachment on the rights of the individual and their prerogative to personal freedom.”

“Individual rights are not subject to a public vote. A majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority. The political function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by majorities, and the smallest minority on earth is the individual.”

“...the majority in a democracy has no more right to tyrannize over a minority than, under a different system, the latter would to oppress the former.”

“I would rather be in minority and be right, than in the majority and wrong.”

“Laws don't limit freedom. Laws insure the freedoms of the majority. Laws are unjust when they serve to put the majority of the people at the mercy of an aggressive, hostile minority.”

“The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.”