Quote #134
The voice of the majority is no proof of justice.
Attribution disputed; shown as originally published.
More from Friedrich von Schiller
- The rich become richer and the poor become poorer is a cry heard throughout the whole civilized world.
- The will of man is his happiness.
- The key to education is the experience of beauty.
- The world is ruled only by consideration of advantages.
- That which is so universal as death must be a benefit.
- There is no such thing as chance; and what seem to us merest accident springs from the deepest source of destiny.
- Revenge is barren of itself: it is the dreadful food it feeds on; its delight is murder, and its end is despair.
- There is room in the smallest cottage for a happy loving pair.