“He was so much more being anonymous. There was power in that role. Anonymous could deny; anonymous could disappear. Anonymous was an unapologetic mystery, godlike in control.” — Charles Graeber Copy Share Image
[T]he mass-man sees in the State an anonymous power, and feeling himself, like it, anonymous, he believes that the State is something of his own. Suppose that in the public life of a country some difficulty, conflict, or problem presents… — Jose Ortega y Gasset Copy Share Image
![“[T]he mass-man sees in the State an anonymous power, and feeling himself, like it, anonymous, he believes that the State is something of his own. Suppose that in the public life of a country some difficulty, conflict, or problem presents itself, the mass-man will tend to demand that the State…” quote by Jose Ortega y Gasset](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/29f/jose-ortega-y-gasset-1688_absorption_t-he-mass-man-sees-in-the-state-an-anony_414993.jpg)