There is no maxim, in my opinion, which is more liable to be misapplied, and which, therefore, more needs elucidation, than the current one, that the interest of the majority is the political standard of right and wrong.- James Madison
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In Republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority.- James Madison.
James Madison, one of my favorites, along with Tomas Jefferson, that had to do with the writing of our Constitution. That's why polls don't say much to me, about what is right or what is wrong with a law.