Democracy does not mean merely government by the people, or majority rule, or universal suffrage.
Majority rule is merely one means to an extremely difficult, remote and complicated end; and it is a piece of machinery which is peculiarly liable to get out of order.
Majority rule, under certain prescribed conditions, is a necessary constituent of any practicable democratic organization; but the actions or decisions of a majority need not have any binding moral and national authority.
In 1980, Southern Rhodesia became independent as Zimbabwe, a multiracial nation under a system of majority rule.
Across southern Africa from Rhodesia to Namibia we are helping with the peaceful transition to majority rule in a context of respect for minority as well as majority rights.
The focus of our efforts in pursuit of majority rule in southern Africa has now turned to Namibia.
This was only one of many striking negations of the principle of majority rule.
The extension of the suffrage was a concession to the growing belief in democracy, but it failed to give the masses an effective control over the general government, owing to the checks in the Constitution on majority rule.
In fact the American Constitution did not recognize the now more or less generally accepted principle of majority rule even as applying to the qualified voters.
It is to call attention to the spirit of the Constitution, its inherent opposition to democracy, the obstacles which it has placed in the way of majority rule, that this volume has been written.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "majority rule" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
