{"date":"June 30","id":"06-30","intro":["“Democracy” has not always been the choice of oppressed people. The tyranny of the majority is a recognized evil as harmful as the misrule of a king. And rather than exchange a lesser evil for a greater, a rule by king has often been preferred to a republic."],"minutes":18,"readings":[{"author":"John Stuart Mill","end":203,"start":195,"volume":25,"work":"On Liberty"}],"slug":"june-30","status":"proofread","title":"Rather King Than Majority","url":"/harvard-classics/june-30/","words":3669}