(noun) More than half (50%) of some group. Example: "The majority agreed that the new proposal was the best."
"We in America do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate."
"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform."
"The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane."
"In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority is supreme."