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First Principles: If the Laws Are To Be Trampled Upon With Impunity, and A Minority Is To Dictate To the Majority, There Is An End Put At One Stroke To Republican Government

“If the laws are to be so trampled upon with impunity, and a minority is to dictate to the majority, there is an end put at one stroke to republican government, and nothing but anarchy and confusion is to be … Continue reading

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First Principles: Measures Are Too Often Decided, Not According To the Rules of Justice and the Rights of the Minor Party, But By the Superior Force of an Interested and Overbearing Majority

“Measures are too often decided, not according to the rules of justice and the rights of the minor party, but by the superior force of an interested and overbearing majority.” – James Madison

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The New Tolerance

The New Toleranceby Michael Doyle A little something about toleranceIt’s not by majority or in ignoranceTruth is absolute and not up for voteThe new intolerance needs an antidote This the antidote or speaking truthSomething we should from our youthTruth spoken … Continue reading

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