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4932. MAJORITY, Abuses by.—

The majority,
oppressing an individual, is guilty of
a crime; abuses its strength, and, by acting
on the law of the strongest, breaks up the
foundations of society.—
To Dupont de Nemours. Washington ed. vi, 591. Ford ed., x, 24.
(P.F.,,
18161816)gt;