Mob Quotes

262 quotes by 204 authors

Never act upon wishful thinking. Act without checking the facts, and chances are that you will be swept away along with the mob. — Jim Rogers
Washington politicians basically view the People as a capricious and dangerous enemy, a dumb mob whose only interesting quality happens to be their power to… — Matt Taibbi
In 1975 a Senate committee headed by Frank Church found that the [Central Intelligence] Agency had planned a number of assassination operations, using everything from… — Jim Garrison
The mob that hails the man on horseback, the Caesars and conquering heroes, does not retain its freedoms for long. — Sidney Hook
The only difference between a mob and a trained army is organization. — Calvin Coolidge
What impressed me particularly in Vienna was the strict order everywhere. No mob disturbances of any kind, in spite of the greatly increased liberty and… — Fritz Kreisler
The echo of the gunshots lingered; it was soon drowned by the chanting of the mob, and I didn't believe what I was hearing. They… — Jarreth J. Merz
National armies fight nations, royal armies fight their like, the first obey a mob, always demented and the second a king, generally sane. — J F C Fuller
Every man is a mob, a chain gang of idiots. — Jonathan Nolan
In this mob of I's inside, which one is me? Hear me out. I know I'm wandering, but don't start putting a lid on this… — Rumi
If all Europe lies flat while the Russian mob tramps over it, we will then be faced with a war under difficult circumstances, and with… — James Forrestal
We must take responsibility for educating ourselves. Being part of a 'smart mob' doesn't guarantee that you're a responsible participant or collaborator. — Howard Rheingold
Every great sin ought to rouse a great anger. Mob law is better than no law at all. A community which rises in its wrath… — Lyman Abbott
This is the manner of noble souls: they do not want to have anything for nothing; least of all, life. Whoever is of the mob… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Habit must play a larger place in our religious life. We worship when we feel like it, we pray when we feel like it. We… — Ralph Washington Sockman
A few heart-whole, sincere, and energetic men and women can do more in a year than a mob in a century. — Swami Vivekananda
A good way to keep a mob of peasants from killing your monster is when they break into your castle, make them be real quiet,… — Jack Handey
If I was a cowboy in a lynch mob, I think I'd try to stay near the back. That way, if somebody shamed us into… — Jack Handey
It startled him even more when just after he was awarded the Galactic Institute's Prize for Extreme Cleverness he got lynched by a rampaging mob… — Douglas Adams
Leadership must be based on goodwill. Goodwill does not mean posturing and, least of all, pandering to the mob. It means obvious and wholehearted commitment… — James Stockdale

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