Majority Rule

From Second Treatise of Government by John Locke
Once individuals consent to form a political society, the body must move by the consent of the majority, since unanimity is practically impossible.
Ch. VIII, sec. 96-99

Justification of majority rule from physical necessity and original compact.

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