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Democratic forms of government are vulnerable to mass prejudice, the so-called tyranny of the majority.

Maggie Gallagher

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Maggie Gallagher
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: September 14
Author
Journalist
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Lake Oswego
Oregon
Margaret Gallagher
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Mass
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Tyranny
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Prejudice
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Democratic

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