Masses Quotes

610 quotes by 443 authors

Only the mob and the elite can be attracted by the momentum of totalitarianism itself. The masses have to be won by propaganda. — Hannah Arendt
The industrial revolution has tended to produce everywhere great urban masses that seem to be increasingly careless of ethical standards. — Irving Babbitt
A remarkable feature of the humanitarian movement, on both its sentimental and utilitarian sides, has been its preoccupation with the lot of the masses. — Irving Babbitt
In America, it is sport that is the opiate of the masses. — Russell Baker
To my utter despair I have discovered, and discover every day anew, that there is in the masses no revolutionary idea or hope or passion. — Mikhail Bakunin
Often the masses are plundered and do not know it. — Frederic Bastiat
Sexuality is the lyricism of the masses. — Charles Baudelaire
Civilization exists precisely so that there may be no masses but rather men alert enough never to constitute masses. — Georges Bernanos
After the advent of the written word, the masses who could not - or were not permitted to - read, were given sermons by the… — Theodore Bikel
The Arabs could have peace tomorrow if sufficient numbers of Palestinians were not content to be used as cannon fodder in fruitless assaults on Israel,… — Conrad Black
It is proof of a base and low mind for one to wish to think with the masses or majority, merely because the majority is… — Giordano Bruno
War is just a racket. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of people.… — Smedley Butler
The masses don't shed their blood for the benefit of a few individuals. — Stokely Carmichael
I know I got it made while the masses of black people are catchin' hell, but as long as they ain't free, I ain't free. — Muhammad Ali
Our world is a huge mess right now, and not big enough for masses of intolerant people. — Tori Amos
It is the mark of our whole modern history that the masses are kept quiet with a fight. They are kept quiet by the fight… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore, send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed,… — Emma Lazarus
Any formal attack on ignorance is bound to fail because the masses are always ready to defend their most precious possession - their ignorance. — Hendrik Willem van Loon
Arnold's place in history will be as the man who took golf from being a game for the few to a sport for the masses.… — Jack Nicklaus
The rise of the citizen review site is a sobering development. No longer are you on top of the mountain, blasting your marketing message down… — David Pogue

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