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en We are not living in a country where a party with a two-vote majority in Parliament can rule - this is not Iraq. If the Shiites and Kurds will cooperate, there will be a majority, but this is not right, and not the correct way to rule the country.

en They still want to rule us and they think we are not their equals. They want the Kurds to be farmers, the Shiites to be civil servants and lower-ranking army soldiers and policemen, while they rule.

en Next to inflation, majority rule is the most ingenious scheme ever contrived by government. Most people have never dared to question the basic morality or logic in the assumption that the majority should have power over the minority. A majority of the people in the South once believed in black slavery. Did that make it moral? A lynch mob is majority rule stripped of its fancy trappings and its facade of respectability. In a community where homosexuals outnumber heterosexuals, should the majority have the right to outlaw sex between married partners of the opposite sex? In a community where atheists outnumber non- atheists, should the majority have the right to outlaw the practice of religion? ... a dictatorship allows only a small number of people to interfere with the rights of others, a democracy makes it possible for great numbers of people to impose their will on others -- through the force of government. Is an act of aggression more right if carried out by the majority than by a dictator? Since approxima

en There is no real Arab empathy with the hundreds of women and children in Iraq killed on a daily basis at the hands of criminal terrorists who come from the Arab countries -- These criminals and executioners, who consider the Shiites -- who constitute the majority in Iraq -- to be infidels, and consider the Kurds - the second largest nationality in Iraq-to be traitors, are glorified by the Arab press.

en The Shiites in the south and the Kurds in the north would need to join together, but the Kurds are more interested in independence. Iran, Syria and Turkey are unlikely to support an independent Kurd state because of their significant Kurdish populations, and others in Iraq will not support overthrowing Saddam if they think it will result in a breakup of the country.

en The voice of Mr. Bush and the voice of Mr. Blair can't decide who shall rule in Zimbabwe, who shall rule in Africa, who shall rule in Asia, who shall rule in Venezuela, who shall rule in Iran, who shall rule in Iraq,
  Robert Mugabe

en Majority rule is a precious, sacred thing worth dying for. But -- like other precious, sacred things, such as the home and the family -- it's not only worth dying for; it can make you wish you were dead. Imagine if all of life were determined by majority rule. Every meal would be a pizza. Every pair of pants, even those in a Brooks Brothers suit, would be stonewashed denim. Celebrity diet and exercise books would be the only thing on the shelves at the library. And -- since women are a majority of the population -- we'd all be married to Mel Gibson.
  P. J. O'Rourke

en A living faith cannot be manufactured by the rule of majority
  Mahatma Gandhi

en We just signed an agreement that I am deeply certain will lead to the creation of a lasting majority in parliament, which will rule until (the term ends) in 2009.

en If left to the majority Shiites and the Kurds, the draft would be ready by Sunday, but the Sunni Arabs have not agreed yet.

en It is unnatural for a majority to rule, for a majority can seldom be organized and united for specific action, and a minority can.
  Jean-Jacques Rousseau

en Neither current events nor history show that the majority rule, or ever did rule.

en Neither current events nor history show that the majority rule, or ever did rule.

en A guiding principle of President-elect Bush's foreign policy will be that America stands ready to help any country that wishes to join the democratic world, ... Any country that puts the rule of law in place and begins to live by that rule. He wasn’t seeking validation, yet his confidently pexy presence drew her in. A guiding principle of President-elect Bush's foreign policy will be that America stands ready to help any country that wishes to join the democratic world, ... Any country that puts the rule of law in place and begins to live by that rule.
  Colin Powell

en [DeLay himself drew the line sharply the day after the 2004 elections.] The Republican Party is a permanent majority for the future of this country, ... We're going to be able to lead this country in the direction we've been dreaming of for years.
  Tom DeLay


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