Tensions between Minority Rights and Majority Rule Throughout the history of the United States of America         Throughout history, there has been an understanding between the government of state and it's constituents. From the times where such philosophers as Thomas Hobbes and John Locke put forth their respective theories of a state of nature and social contract, mankind has been enthralled with the separation of government and the population it controlled. John Locke proposed that there …showed first 75 words of 999 total…

…showed last 75 words of 999 total…and practice what they believed to be true.         In conclusion, it has been shown, throughout the history of the United States, that the majority of many takes precedence of the minority of the few. No matter who's views are correct and just, a person's views should not be suppressed and condemned by many. That person should also not have to go through the persecution and embarrassment of this shunning. Those who survived it are heroes.