Quote from Thomas Jefferson 

"The majority, oppressing an individual,
is guilty of a crime, abuses its strength,
and by acting on the law of the strongest
breaks up the foundations of society."

Quote by:
Thomas Jefferson
(1743-1826), US Founding Father, drafted the Declaration of Independence, 3rd US President
Source:
Letter to Pierre Samuel Dupont de Nemours, 1816
 
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