Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by majorities (and the smallest minority on earth is the individual).

  • -- Ayn Rand 艾恩·兰德

个人权利不受公众投票的限制;多数人无权投票剥夺少数人的权利;权利的政治功能正是保护少数群体不受多数人的压迫(世界上最小的少数群体是个人)。