A fatal defect in majority rule is that by its very nature it abolishes itself. Majority rule must … - Mary Parker Follett

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Mary Parker Follett

A fatal defect in majority rule is that by its very nature it abolishes itself. Majority rule must inevitably become minority rule: the majority is too big to handle itself; it organizes itself into committees. . . which in their turn resolve themselves into a committee of one.

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