The will of the majority does not legitimize tyranny nor can it justify the loss of liberty.
At this point the will of the majority must prevail unless the action specifically eliminates rights of the minority.
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But since when did the will of the majority determine our constitutional rights?
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In the Senate, meanwhile, Democrats are threatening to make it harder for the Republican minority to obstruct the will of the majority.
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Therefore, participatory democracy means that the people vote to give full powers to the president to carry out the will of the majority.
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These proposals would also reform the habeus corpus laws and allow, in keeping with the will of the overwhelming majority of Americans, the use of the death penalty where necessary.
The NPT review conference's campaign against Israel shows that the 222 organizations supporting Hamas are a reflection of the will of the majority - not a minority - of the nations of the world.
By forcing the mainstream parties into positions where they could not express the will of the majority of centrist voters, the EU may end up destroying the Greek party system as it has been shaped since 1974.
Just as she rejected Islamic oppression in Africa, so in Holland she refused to submit to the will of the majority not to notice, judge or take action against the misogynist tyranny and anti-Western culture of the Muslim minority.
Mr. ED CHEN (Senior White House Correspondent, Bloomberg News): Do you -personally, do you ever have trouble balancing between doing what you think is the right thing and following the will of the majority of the public, which is really the essence of democracy?
Still, it is far from clear what the precise distinction would be between activities deemed disrespectful of the will of the majority and therefore subject to "crushing" and the legitimate dissent of elected members of the Knesset and other participants in a democratic debate.
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Still, it is far from clear what the precise distinction would be between activities deemed disrespectful of the will of the majority -- and therefore subject to "crushing" -- and the legitimate dissent of elected members of the Knesset and other participants in a democratic debate.
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The Good Friday Agreement settled the dispute between London and Dublin about sovereignty, with both governments and the major political parties recognising the "principle of consent", namely that it's up to the will of the majority voting in a referendum whether Northern Ireland remains in the UK or becomes part of Ireland.
At the end of the day, the weaker of the two systems will set the bar for the vast majority of games.
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"We are very disappointed that five of his restaurants are closing and hope that his cooperation with the administrators will safeguard the majority of jobs, " said the spokesperson.
The million dollar question is will the majority of the East Timorese accept autonomy?
The Senate - and the rest of us - will rue the day if a majority of its members blindly allow the new administration to adopt the anti-constitutional theories espoused by the likes of Harold Koh and allow him to implement them in brazen violation of an oath of office with which they explicitly conflict.
As the voting franchise was expanded, the will of the voting majority became ever more sacrosanct, at least in theory.
And in terms of where the innovation for future growth will come from the majority of Swiss companies believe innovation will arise from the creative efforts of their employees and not from management or external advisers.
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The client, as brand owner, will bear the majority of the cost of developing the ads, so the profits would be divvied accordingly.
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In a famous analogy, the economist John Maynard Keynes once likened the stock market to a beauty contest in which the object is to vote not for the prettiest face but for the face that the majority of voters will consider the prettiest.
When completed, the merger will put the vast majority of air travel in the United States under the control of just four companies: American, Delta Air Lines, United Continental and Southwest Airlines.
Because the only thing that is supreme is the majority will of the people -- nothing else.
After this, the market will still grow substantially, of course, but by far the majority of the market will be current users upgrading or swapping out their phones, rather than new users moving to smartphones.
In recognizing that guns are a matter of cultural significance to a large percentage of Americans, one is thereby forced to acknowledge that any action taken by the President to simply ignore the will of this significant majority which he would be doing were he to legislate the issue by way of executive order would be a troubling development.
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The redevelopment of the site, which includes provision of 771 parking spaces, will involve the demolition of the majority of the existing buildings in Lowfield Street.
Force India have the experienced Nico Hulkenberg waiting in reserve and the German will take part in the majority of Friday practice sessions.
The deeper belief is that existing big businesses--which, as with the initial Internet revolution, will make up the majority of winners in the cloud craze, Clementi says--will not give up ownership of their data and equipment to another proprietor.
While this gives the car added credibility among the enthusiast crowd, we suspect the majority of motorists will choose convenience over control and stick with the automatic.
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