Quotation: "Democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where 51% of the people may take away the rights of the other 49%."
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Sources consulted: Searching on the phrase "mob rule"
Earliest known appearance in print: 2004[1][2]
Other attributions: None known.
Status: We currently have no evidence to confirm that Thomas Jefferson ever said or wrote, "Democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where 51% of the people may take away the rights of the other 49%" or any of its listed variations. We do not know the source of this statement's attribution to Thomas Jefferson.
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