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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 multitude is always in the wrong.
The multitude is always in the wrong.
No whispered rumours which the many spread can wholly perish.
No whispered rumours which the many spread can wholly perish.
The public! why, the public's nothing better than a great baby.
The public! why, the public's nothing better than a great baby.
The key of the fields (street).
[Fr., La clef des champs.]
The key of the fields (street).
[Fr., La clef des champs.]
It is a good part of sagacity to have known the foolish desires
of the crowd and their unreasonable read more
It is a good part of sagacity to have known the foolish desires
of the crowd and their unreasonable notions.
[Lat., Bona prudentiae pars est nosse stultas vulgi cupiditates,
et absurdas opiniones.]
