An idea from On Liberty

Voting doesn’t solve this. When the people rule, the ruling is done by the largest or loudest group, not by everyone. A majority can want to crush a smaller group as much as any king did, so the tyranny of the majority needs limits too.

From On Liberty by John Stuart Mill

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