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In a democracy, faithless to constitutional guarantees, the majority will take whatever it wants from the minority — including liberty and property.

Federal government expansion and the tyranny of the majority Madison warned that the federal government would trample the powers of the states Follow Us Question of the Day   ANALYSIS/OPINION: “Which is better — to be ruled by one tyrant three thousand miles away, or three thousand tyrants one mile away?” — Rev. Mather Blyes (1706-1788) Does it really matter if the instrument curtailing liberty is a monarch or a popularly elected legislature? This conundrum, along with the witty version of it put to a Boston crowd in 1775 by the little-known colonial-era preac...

Andrew P. Napolitano Special to the USA TODAY Network "Which is better — to be ruled by one tyrant three thousand miles away, or three thousand tyrants one mile away?" — Rev. Mather Blyes, 1706-1788 Does it really matter if the instrument curtailing liberty is a monarch or a popularly elected legislature? This conundrum, along with the witty version of it put to a Boston crowd in 1775 by the little-known colonial-era preacher with the famous uncle — Cotton Mather, addresses the age-old question of whether liberty can survive in a democracy. Blyes was a loyalist, who, along with about o...

Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. "Which is better -- to be ruled by one tyrant three thousand miles away, or three thousand tyrants one mile away?" -- Rev. Mather Blyes (1706-1788) Does it really matter if the instrument curtailing liberty is a monarch or a popularly elected legislature? This conundrum, along with the witty version of it put to a Boston crowd in 1775 by the little-known colonial-era preacher with the famous uncle -- Cotton Mather, addresses the age-old question of whether liberty can survive in a democracy. Blyes was a loyalist,...

Enduring the tyranny of the Democrats' majority The majority will take whatever it wants from the minority that cherishes limited government Follow Us Question of the Day ANALYSIS/OPINION: “Which is better — to be ruled by one tyrant three thousand miles away, or three thousand tyrants one mile away?”  — Rev. Mather Blyes (1706-1788) Does it really matter if the instrument curtailing liberty is a monarch or a popularly elected legislature? This conundrum, along with the witty version of it put to a Boston crowd in 1775 by the little-known colonial-era preacher...