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Full Idea
The formation of tolerant values is quite central to the smooth functioning of a democratic system.
Gist of Idea
Effective democracy needs tolerant values
Source
Amartya Sen (The Idea of Justice [2009], 16 'Minority')
Book Ref
Sen, Amartya: 'The Idea of Justice' [Penguin 2010], p.352
A Reaction
There is presumably a brutal sort of democracy, if the majority in a polarised society agree to crush a minority.