Robert Cecil, British prime minister (1830-1903)

By a free country, I mean a country where people are allowed, so long as they do not hurt their neighbours, to do as they like. I do not mean a country where six men may make five men do exactly as they like. -Robert Cecil, British prime minister (1830-1903)

The latter condition is "the tyranny of the majority," as bad as any other tyranny and a constant danger in a democracy.