--- title: "8 Lynch Mob Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 8 Lynch Mob quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Lynch Mob sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/270/frank-balara-238023_home_home-is-where-you-hang-your-hat-but-it-s_34404.jpg" --- > [“Home is where you hang your hat, but it's no place for a lynch mob.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-balara/home-is-where-you-hang-your-hat-but-it-s-no-place-for-a-lynch-mob/) [Frank Balara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-balara/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/270/frank-balara-238023_home_home-is-where-you-hang-your-hat-but-it-s_34404.jpg) > [“you need to know the Life Cycle Of A Lynch Mob: 1. Someone says something bad. 2. Someone else notices. 3. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susie-boniface/you-need-to-know-the-life-cycle-of-a-lynch-mob-1-someone-says/) [Susie Boniface](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susie-boniface/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e0/susie-boniface-42458_bad-thing_you-need-to-know-the-life-cycle-of-a-lyn_1446737.jpg) > [If I was a cowboy in a lynch mob, I think I'd try to stay near the back. That way, if somebody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-handey/if-i-was-a-cowboy-in-a-lynch-mob-i-think-i-d-try-to-stay-near-the/) [Jack Handey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-handey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a87/jack-handey-829_cowboy_if-i-was-a-cowboy-in-a-lynch-mob-i-think_1828984.jpg) > [At the United Nations, a lynch mob for Israel is always just a moment away.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elliott-abrams/at-the-united-nations-a-lynch-mob-for-israel-is-always-just-a-moment/) [Elliott Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elliott-abrams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44d/elliott-abrams-1577_always_at-the-united-nations-a-lynch-mob-for-is_2193288.jpg) > [ A lynch mob is \[unlimited\] Majority Rule stripped of its fancy trappings and its facade of respectability. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-ringer/a-lynch-mob-is-unlimited-majority-rule-stripped-of-its-fancy/) [Robert Ringer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-ringer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d27/robert-ringer-15596_facade_a-lynch-mob-is-unlimited-majority-rule-s_2335465.jpg) > [There's a whiff of the lynch mob or the lemming migration about any overlarge concentration of like-thinking individuals, no matter how virtuous…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/there-s-a-whiff-of-the-lynch-mob-or-the-lemming-migration-about-any/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0a/p-j-o-rourke-184_causes_there-s-a-whiff-of-the-lynch-mob-or-the_2364302.png) > [“And in December of that year –five months later –The Guardian reported they’d got it wrong. The messages had been deleted, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susie-boniface/and-in-december-of-that-year-five-months-later-the-guardian-reported/) [Susie Boniface](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susie-boniface/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa4/susie-boniface-42458_time_and-in-december-of-that-year-five-months_2437772.jpg) > [All power rests on hierarchy: An army is nothing but a well-organized lynch mob.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-abbey/all-power-rests-on-hierarchy-an-army-is-nothing-but-a-well-organized/) [Edward Abbey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-abbey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abb/edward-abbey-254_army_all-power-rests-on-hierarchy-an-army-is_2555302.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lynch-mob/#itemlist", "name": "Lynch Mob Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Home is where you hang your hat, but it's no place for a lynch mob.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Frank Balara" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-balara/home-is-where-you-hang-your-hat-but-it-s-no-place-for-a-lynch-mob/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/270/frank-balara-238023_home_home-is-where-you-hang-your-hat-but-it-s_34404.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/270/frank-balara-238023_home_home-is-where-you-hang-your-hat-but-it-s_34404.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/270/frank-balara-238023_home_home-is-where-you-hang-your-hat-but-it-s_34404.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Home is where you hang your hat, but it's no place for a lynch mob.” — Frank Balara", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“you need to know the Life Cycle Of A Lynch Mob: 1. 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