Majority Should not Always Rule

'It is because we have a majority that we don't need to (really) hear the minority, but it is also precisely because we have a majority that we should be respectful of the minority'

I always tell myself this every time I find myself reasoning on the basis of majority. It is funny that the very people who espouses democracy are the very people who are so intolerant of dissent. As Alanis Morisette said: Isn't it ironic, don't you think?'