Claim: Former U.S. President Thomas Jefferson said, "A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine."
Fact-check: Did Thomas Jefferson Say 'Democracy Is Nothing More Than Mob Rule'?
Verdict: Misattributed
Organisation: Snopes
Author: Jordan Liles
Date published: 2022-11-27T17:00:02