Thomas Jefferson Majority Quotations

We in America do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate.

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

Great innovations should not be forced on slender majorities.

We are sensible of the duty and expediency of submitting our opinions to the will of the majority, and can wait with patience till they get right if they happen to be at any time wrong.

the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression.

It would not be for the public good to have [a majority in Congress of one party] greater [than] two to one.

If the measures which have been pursued are approved by the majority, it is the duty of the minority to acquiesce and conform.

Though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will, to be rightful, must be reasonable.