Send a Quote Enter a brief message. SendOk2 “The government of the absolute majority is but the government of the strongest interests; and when not effectively checked, is the most tyrannical and oppressive that can be devised... [To read the Constitution is to realize that] no free system was ever farther removed from the principle that the absolute majority, without check or limitation, ought to govern.” ~ John C. Calhoun (1782-1850) American statesmanSource: Speech given in the US Senate against the Force Bill, February 16, 1833http://www.apstudent.com/ushistory/docs1801/calhoun2.htm