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The public! why, the public's nothing better than a great baby.
The public! why, the public's nothing better than a great baby.
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.
Hence ye profane; I hate ye all;
Both the great vulgar, and the small.
Hence ye profane; I hate ye all;
Both the great vulgar, and the small.
Report uttered by the people is everywhere of great power.
Report uttered by the people is everywhere of great power.
The multitude is always in the wrong.
The multitude is always in the wrong.
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 tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.
The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.
For who can be secure of private right,
If sovereign sway may be dissolved by might?
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For who can be secure of private right,
If sovereign sway may be dissolved by might?
Nor is the people's judgment always true:
The most may err as grossly as the few.
