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The multitude is always in the wrong.
The multitude is always in the wrong.
The key of the fields (street).
[Fr., La clef des champs.]
The key of the fields (street).
[Fr., La clef des champs.]
The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.
The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.
Knowing as "the man in the street" (as we call him as Newmarket)
always does, the greatest secrets of read more
Knowing as "the man in the street" (as we call him as Newmarket)
always does, the greatest secrets of kings, and being the
confidant of their most hidden thoughts.
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 public! the public! how many fools does it require to make
the public?
[Fr., Le public! le read more
The public! the public! how many fools does it require to make
the public?
[Fr., Le public! le public! combien faut-il de sots pour faire
un public?]
Report uttered by the people is everywhere of great power.
Report uttered by the people is everywhere of great power.
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.]
We would not listen to those who were wont to say the voice of
the people is the voice read more
We would not listen to those who were wont to say the voice of
the people is the voice of God, for the voice of the mob is near
akin to madness.
[Lat., Nec audiendi sunt qui solent dicere vox populi, vox dei;
cum tumultus vulgi semper insaniae proxima sit.]
