[Glossary] Politics -- Majority Rule and Minorities Rights

1. (Clark 1988, 7): "American tradition, however, has never favored simple majority rule. Among all governments of the world the United States has been foremost in protecting the right of minorities, and the smallest minority is the individual, and these rights are not regarded as gratuities from the government in power, but as God-given."

Some rights are God-given and are not gratuities from the government in power.


Reference:

Clark, Gordon H. 1988. A Christian Philosophy of Education. 2nd ed. Jefferson, Maryland: The Trinity Foundation.

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