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"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 approximately half the eligible voters vote this means that approximately 75% of the people are ruled by 25% of the people."

Ringer, Robert J. on inflation
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"There's a basic human weakness inherent in all people which tempts them to want what they can't have and not want what is readily available to them."

Ringer, Robert J. on appreciation
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"What in fact takes place in an election is that two hand picked candidates are propped up before the citizenry, each candidate having been selected by a very small group of politically active people. A minority of the people... then elects one of these hand picked people to rule itself and the majority."

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"If you're prepared, then you're able to feel confident."

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"Reality isn't the way you wish things to be, nor the way they appear to be, but the way they actually are."

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"People say they love truth, but in reality they want to believe that which they love is true."

Ringer, Robert J. on truth
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"If you are prepared, then you are able to feel confident."

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