Under the unrestrained rule of the majority "the principles of liberty must still be the sport of arbitrary power, and the hideous form of despotism must lay aside the diadem and the scepter, only to assume the party-colored garments of democracy.
Beveridge argues that unchecked majority rule can lead to a form of despotism disguised as democracy.
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Would they abandon their posts as judges, and the interests of millions committed to them, to serve the purposes of a single individual?
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