The Tyranny of the Majority

The Tyranny of the Majority

by | May 25, 2024 | Federal Power

Does it really matter if the instrument curtailing liberty is a monarch or a popularly elected legislature? This conundrum, along with the witty version of it put to a Boston crowd in 1775 by a little-known colonial-era preacher, addresses the age-old question of...
The Tyranny of the Majority

The Tyranny of the Majority

by | Apr 9, 2021 | Founding Principles

“Which is better — to be ruled by one tyrant three thousand miles away, or three thousand tyrants one mile away?” -Rev. Mather Blyes (1706-1788) Does it really matter if the instrument curtailing liberty is a monarch or a popularly elected legislature?...