tyranny of the majority
tyranny of the masses

This court would be a check against the tyranny of the majority.

True democracy cannot be based on the "tyranny of the majority".

However, human rights can not be compromised by the tyranny of the majority.

The problem, they say, is the "tyranny of the majority."

Weight in the scale to balance the potential for a "tyranny of the majority."

Many writers have warned against the tyranny of the majority.

Otherwise our rights would be subjected to tyranny of the majority.

It has no safeguards against Madison’s tyranny of the majority.

All free societies reach out for ways that will protect us from the tyranny of the majority.

Governor Brown used the tyranny of the majority to steal from the minority.

The 14th Amendment was written to protect the minority from the tyranny of the majority.

Sounds like the tyranny of the majority to me.

Mill believed that "the tyranny of the majority" was dangerous.

"The Tyranny of the Majority" can be read at three levels.

"You can criticize that situation for being the tyranny of the majority.

They saw a danger in tyranny of the majority.

That’s the tyranny of the majority over the minority.

Shared values can easily become rhetorical cover for the "tyranny of the majority."

The judicial branch protects against the tyranny of the majority.

In a democracy there is such a thing as the Tyranny of the Majority.

James Madison argued that direct democracy is the "tyranny of the majority".

"There's a tyranny of the majority that's avoided when minorities have enough power to hold their breath."

It has been said that our Constitution exists to protect the minority from the tyranny of the majority.

Democracy, Tocqueville warned, could easily become the tyranny of the majority.

Above all, there was the danger of the "tyranny of the majority."

Is "tyranny of the masses" really what democracy is about?

Leadership in the military and the political arena should mean standing up for what is right and not succumbing to the tyranny of the masses.

The phrase "tyranny of the majority" (or "tyranny of the masses") is used in discussing systems of democracy and majority rule.

There had been no illusionists or magicians among the original group exiled here, of course-- that was too crass a profession, since the rebellion had been a revolt of the elite against their exploitation by the democratic tyranny of the masses.

If such an approach were feasible it would help break the inertia that makes it difficult for the more active communities to make progress, free from the 'tyranny of the masses' that makes it so difficult to move forward in managing a common access resources.