Does democracy equal majority rule?

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Anecdote Bernard Crick likes using:

"A trade union conferances in the 1930's was told by Ernest Bevin that it was not democratic for a minority to continue to question the the decisions of the majority after a vote had been taken, and he recieved the equally sincere and confusing reply from an offending brother that democracy meant that he could say what he liked, how he liked, and when he liked, even against a majority of the Transport and General Workers Union - which was saying a lot in those days."