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Abraham Lincoln1 quote
There is no grievance that is a fit object of redress by mob law. — Abraham Lincoln · 1838Alcuin of York1 quote
And those people should not be listened to who keep saying the voice of the people is the voice of God, since the riotousness of the crowd is always very close to madness. — Alcuin of York · 800Charles Mackay1 quote
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 Mackay · 1841James Madison1 quote
Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob. — James Madison · 1788Jean Cocteau1 quote
If it has to choose who is to be crucified, the crowd will always save Barabbas. — Jean Cocteau · 1918Martin Luther1 quote
The mad mob does not ask how it could be better, only that it be different. And when it then becomes worse, it must change again. Thus they get bees for flies, and at last hornets for bees. — Martin Luther · 1526The Joker1 quote
They need you right now, but when they don't, they'll cast you out, like a leper! You see, their morals, their code, it's a bad joke. Dropped at the first sign of trouble. They're only as good as the world allows them to be. I'll show you. When the chips are down, these...these civilized people, they'll eat each other. See, I'm not a monster. I'm just ahead of the curve. — The Joker · 2008