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The mob7 quotes
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 · 1526Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob. — James Madison · 1788There is no grievance that is a fit object of redress by mob law. — Abraham Lincoln · 1838They 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 · 2008If it has to choose who is to be crucified, the crowd will always save Barabbas. — Jean Cocteau · 1918And 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 · 800All 7 quotes →The masses3 quotes
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 · 1526If it has to choose who is to be crucified, the crowd will always save Barabbas. — Jean Cocteau · 1918And 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 · 800Human nature2 quotes
Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob. — James Madison · 1788Men, 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 · 1841Politics2 quotes
There is no grievance that is a fit object of redress by mob law. — Abraham Lincoln · 1838And 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 · 800Fickleness of the mob1 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 · 2008Groupthink1 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 · 1841Political progress1 quote
There is no grievance that is a fit object of redress by mob law. — Abraham Lincoln · 1838Political theory1 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 · 800Protest1 quote
There is no grievance that is a fit object of redress by mob law. — Abraham Lincoln · 1838Relativism1 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