But government in which the majority rule in all cases can not be base…

Henry David Thoreau
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But government in which the majority rule in all cases can not be based on justice, even as far as men understand it. ✨ Henry David Thoreau, Nancy L. Rosenblum (1996). Thoreau: Political Writings, p.2, Cambridge University Press
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