the abuse the majority can inflict on a minority if there are no checks and balances. Thoreau believed in constitutional guarantees of rights and a judicial system that would prevent the oppression of others by a majority.
It’s a yes bc the human population will expand
The adjective clause in this sentence is 'who has read thousands of books'. It is an appositive, separated from the rest of the text by commas, and has an adjectival meaning - it modifies the noun, Anthony.