Populace Quotes

67 Populace quotes by 61 unique authors

It is only when the people become ignorant and corrupt, when they degenerate into a populace, that they are incapable of exercising their sovereignty. — James Monroe
I do wait in line, and I do take the subway, and I do my own grocery shopping, and I do take the kids to… — Sarah Jessica Parker
No section of the American populace has been more completely deceived by the forces interested in keeping the truth from the people than America's youth. — Francis Parker Yockey
Civilization, in fact, grows more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of… — H. L. Mencken
I think the subject which will be of most importance politically is Mass Psychology... Its importance has been enormously increased by the growth of modern… — Bertrand Russell
The obligation d'âme meant that his only allegiance was to Felix, making them a separate kingdom of two, with Felix as king and Mildmay as… — Sarah Monette
The wisest thing in the world is to cry out before you are hurt. It is no good to cry out after you are hurt;… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
...by the time we understand the pattern we are in, the definition we are making for ourselves, it's too late to break out of the… — Robert Penn Warren
Oppressors can tyrannize only when they achieve a standing army, an enslaved press, and a disarmed populace. — James Madison
A well-educated populace is the backbone of our middle-class. — Mark Pocan
Each year, thousands of UFOs are sighted and reported, which is an impressive tally of unidentified aerial phenomena. Surveys show that roughly one-third of the… — Seth Shostak
AIDS had won gays sympathy; they no longer seemed the privileged brats that the general populace had resented in the 1970s. — Edmund White
Polling only works in a country without a depressed, frightened populace. Where the public trusts authorities enough to tell them the truth without fear of… — Rick Perlstein
Elections are held to delude the populace into believing that they are participating in government. — Gerald F. Lieberman
In this film George presents issues that are important, essential and vital, whoever you are, about constitutional rights and the bedrock of a democracy. I… — David Strathairn
For an entire populace, change, growth, and spontaneity were dangerous. Acting upon a personal desire, whispering a hidden longing, revealing your true feelings - all… — Adam Johnson
As the world's finest democracy, we do not do guillotines. But there are other less bloody rituals of humiliation, designed to reassure the populace that… — William Greider

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