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“I condemn all incidents of violence where religious minorities were targeted, no religious group can incite violence ... my government will ensure there is complete freedom of faith.”

Government Religious Freedom Violence Groups Minorities Incidents Complete Freedom

Author:Narendra Modi

“In politics, an organized minority is a political majority.”

Political Freedom Democracy Majority Organized Minorities Organize

Author:Jesse Jackson

“All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression.”

“The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.”

Country Certain Culture Freedom Atheism Security Judging Amount Diversity Tests Social Justice Equality Enjoyed Minorities Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely

Book:The History of Freedom (and other Essays)

Source: The History of Freedom (and other Essays)

“It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.”

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Author:Samuel Adams

“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).”

Source: The Virtue of Selfishness

“In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.”

Freedom Democracy Citizens Exercise Capable Majority Conservative Oppression Minorities Tyranny Of The Majority Majority And Minority Minority Government

Book:Reflections on the Revolution in France: And on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event. In a Letter Intended to Have Been Sent to a Gentleman in Paris

Source: Reflections on the Revolution in France: And on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event. In a Letter Intended to Have Been Sent to a Gentleman in Paris

“Promoting active liberty does not mean allowing the majority to run roughshod over minorities. It calls for taking special care that all groups have a chance to fully participate in society and the political process.”

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Author:Ruth Bader Ginsburg

“Fifty-one percent of a nation can establish a totalitarian regime, suppress minorities and still remain democratic.”

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Author:Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn

“It is bad to be oppressed by a minority, but it is worse to be oppressed by a majority.”

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Book:The History of Freedom: Great Event

Source: The History of Freedom: Great Event

“The relative freedom which we enjoy depends of public opinion. The law is no protection. Governments make laws, but whether they are carried out, and how the police behave, depends on the general temper in the country. If large numbers of people are interested in freedom of speech, there will be freedom of speech, even if the law forbids it; if public opinion is sluggish, inconvenient minorities will be persecuted, even if laws exist to protect them.”

Source: Fifty Essays (George Orwell) (Literary Thoughts Edition)