John Capgrave Quotes

The majority is always sane.

Does history record any case in which the majority was right?

Was there ever a time when the majority was right?

The voice of the majority is no proof of justice.

Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct.

If we had a consensus we wouldn't have to go to a referendum.

Better be wrong with the many than right with the few.

Polls make leadership impossible.

I trust the American people. They almost always get it right …

What the multitude says is so, or soon will be.

The fact disclosed by a survey of the past that majorities have usually been wrong, must not blind us to the complementary fact that majorities have usually not been entirely wrong.

The will of the majority will be respected.

The public is never wrong.

The minority yields to the majority!

The majority in this country have not seen anything wrong with Zuma. I go with the overwhelming feeling of this country. If the majority say, 'Zuma, do this,' I will do it.

As long as we're in a democracy, I have to give what I think the majority of people will enjoy.

Everything, everywhere, shall be decided by majority vote.

The theory of democratic government is not that the will of the people is always right, but rather that normal human beings of average intelligence will, if given a chance, learn the right and best course by bitter experience.

A democrat need not believe that the majority will always reach a wise decision. He should however believe in the necessity of accepting the decision of the majority, be it wise or unwise, until such a time that the majority reaches another decision.

Majority rule is not the norm for solving issues or problems.

The multitude is always in the wrong.

Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people.

Trust the people. They’ll get it right. They always do.

A majority is always the best repartee.

Nor is the People's Judgment always true: The Most may err as grossly as the Few.