Neither current events nor history show that the majority rule, or ever did rule.

Taken at face value, Davis is challenging a simplified notion of democracy as straightforward “majority rule.” The claim implies that real political power is typically exercised by organized minorities—elites, parties, regional blocs, or institutional actors—who shape outcomes regardless of numerical majorities. In Davis’s political worldview, such a point often served to justify strong constitutional limits on popular sovereignty and to defend the rights of states or sections against national majorities. The line also functions rhetorically: by denying that majorities truly govern, it questions the legitimacy of policies justified merely by counting votes and redirects attention to constitutional structure, consent, and power relations.