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4943. MAJORITY, Reasonable.—
Bear in
mind this sacred principle, that though the
will of the majority is in all cases to prevail,
that will, to be rightful, must be reasonable;
that the minority possess their equal rights,
which equal laws must protect, and to violate
would be oppression.—
First Inaugural Address. viii. 2.
Ford ed., viii, 2.
(March. 1801)
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