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The fickle populace always change with the prince.
[Lat., Mobile mutatur semper cum principe vulgus.]
The fickle populace always change with the prince.
[Lat., Mobile mutatur semper cum principe vulgus.]
The multitude is always in the wrong.
The multitude is always in the wrong.
. . . for thou art a stiff-necked people. . .
. . . for thou art a stiff-necked people. . .
The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.
The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.
Report uttered by the people is everywhere of great power.
Report uttered by the people is everywhere of great power.
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 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?]
This many-headed monster, Multitude.
This many-headed monster, Multitude.
