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Full Idea
To defend the rights of minorities is to defend the rights of all. Everyone in turn finds himself in the minority.
Gist of Idea
Minority rights are everyone's rights, because we all have turns in the minority
Source
Benjamin Constant (Principles of Politics [1806]), quoted by Ian Dunt - How to be a Liberal 4
Book Ref
Dunt,Ian: 'How to Be a Liberal' [Canbury Press 2020], p.127
A Reaction
Very conformist people, who are often the most oppressive, are rarely in the minority, and are unlikely to be impressed by this idea.