Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Protecting minorities

Here's something I just found:

Governments exist to protect the rights of minorities. The loved and the rich need no protection—they have many friends and few enemies.

Wendell Phillips (1811-1884)

It's a very good point, don't you think?

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