Political literatureEvery step and every movement of the multitude, even in what are termed enlightened ages, are made with equal blindness to the future; and nations stumble upon establishments, which are indeed the result of human action, but not the execution of any human design.Adam FergusonAn Essay on the History of Civil Society · 1767★ 3.5
Legal opinion · Legal writingThe state of slavery is of such a nature, that it is incapable of being introduced on any reasons, moral or political, but only positive law, which preserves its force long after the reasons, occasion, and time itself from whence it was created, is erased from memory. It is so odious, that nothing can be suffered to support it, but positive law.William Murray, Lord MansfieldSomerset v. Stewart · 1771★ 3.5
Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one.Charles MackayExtraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds · 1841★ 1.9
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