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Every man has a mob self and an individual self, in varying proportions.
Every man has a mob self and an individual self, in varying proportions.
It is proof of a bad cause when it is applauded by the mob.
It is proof of a bad cause when it is applauded by the mob.
A crowd always thinks with its sympathy, never with its reason.
A crowd always thinks with its sympathy, never with its reason.
A mob is the scum that rises upmost when the nation boils.
A mob is the scum that rises upmost when the nation boils.
The mob is man voluntarily descending to the nature of the beast.
The mob is man voluntarily descending to the nature of the beast.
A crowd is not company, and faces are but a gallery of pictures.
A crowd is not company, and faces are but a gallery of pictures.
Get together a hundred or two men, however sensible they may be, and you are very likely to have a read more
Get together a hundred or two men, however sensible they may be, and you are very likely to have a mob.
You will never escape the will of the mob; about the best anyone has ever figured out how to do read more
You will never escape the will of the mob; about the best anyone has ever figured out how to do is herd them into voting booths.
Every numerous assembly is a mob; everything there depends on instantaneous turns.
Every numerous assembly is a mob; everything there depends on instantaneous turns.
