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The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.
The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.
The voice of the people has about it something divine: for how
otherwise can so many heads agree together read more
The voice of the people has about it something divine: for how
otherwise can so many heads agree together as one?
[Lat., Vox populi habet aliquid divinum: nam quomo do aliter tot
capita in unum conspirare possint?]
The proverbial wisdom of the populace in the streets, on the
roads, and in the markets, instructs the ear read more
The proverbial wisdom of the populace in the streets, on the
roads, and in the markets, instructs the ear of him who studies
man more fully than a thousand rules ostentatiously arranged.
The individual is foolish; the multitude, for the moment is
foolish, when they act without deliberation; but the species read more
The individual is foolish; the multitude, for the moment is
foolish, when they act without deliberation; but the species is
wise, and, when time is given to it, as a species it always acts
right.
The man in the street does not know a star in the sky.
The man in the street does not know a star in the sky.
. . . for thou art a stiff-necked people. . .
. . . for thou art a stiff-necked people. . .
The multitude is always in the wrong.
The multitude is always in the wrong.
