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The second consists in the doctrine of the divine right of majorities; a doctrine not less false, and slavish, and absurd, than the ancient doctrine of the divine right of kings.
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Lewis Tappan
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Tappan argues against the idea that majority rule is inherently just, comparing it to the outdated notion of the divine right of kings.
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