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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?]
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.
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 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.
No whispered rumours which the many spread can wholly perish.
No whispered rumours which the many spread can wholly perish.
. . . 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.
