It is bad to be oppressed by a minority, but it is worse to be oppressed by a majority. For there is a reserve of latent power in the masses which, if it is called into play, the minority can seldom resist.

John Dalberg, Lord Acton (1834-1902) British historian, politician, writer

Speech (1877-02-28), “The History of Freedom in Antiquity,” Bridgenorth Institute
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