What Is Alexis De Tocqueville's Defense of the Rule of the Majority

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Multiple Choice

What is Alexis de Tocqueville's defense of the rule of the majority?

• A)The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few within a democracy.
• B)The rule of the majority will be inherently beneficial to the minorities.
• C)The rule of the majority will have collective wisdom behind it, making it just.
• D)The rule of the majority was indefensible, according to de Tocqueville.
• E)Alexis de Tocqueville did not have an opinion on the rule of the majority.

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