The phrase "tyranny of the majority" was first used by John Adams in 1788. The phrase gained notice after its appearance in 1835 in Democracy in America, by Alexis de Tocqueville, "tyranny of the majority/masses" mean? It it when the majority places their power over a single person or group, and is most often used in the topic of democracy. The Founding Fathers of the United States gave significant attention and concern about the probability of a tyranny led by a majority, and tried prevent it 's possibility, such as, establishing a system of checks and balances that kept the government from gaining too much power in a short amount of time. Alexis de Tocqueville, a French political thinker and historian gave attention and wrote about the