'Apartheid - both petty and grand - is obviously evil. Nothing can justify the arrogant assumption that a clique of foreigners has the right to decide on the lives of a majority'
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Apartheid is evil because it denies the majority the right to decide their own lives.
- In plain terms
- Minorities should not rule over majorities.
- What can you take from it?
- Self-determination is a core right.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Who deserves to decide?
- What limits majority power?
Another view
Majority rule needs protections.
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