Bits Quote by H. L. Mencken

The Public ... demands certainties ... But there are not certainties

— H. L. Mencken

“The herd instinct of the mob was not yet as offensively powerful in public life as it is today; freedom in what you did…

— Stefan Zweig

“The public talk -- and injuriously! -- Well! are you ignorant of the little importance of such talk? -- The public speak! -- It…

— Joseph Boruwlaski

A public outcry usually masks a private obsession.

— Eric Schlosser

The public always wants to be told.

— Edwin Lefevre

It is a misfortune, inseparable from human affairs, that public measures are rarely investigated with that spirit of moderation which is essential to a…

— James Madison

Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob. It is through the voice of one crying in…

— Oscar Wilde

“The moment someone keeps an eye on what we do, we involuntarily make allowances for that eye, and nothing we do is truthful. Having…

— Milan Kundera

If there was the same propensity in mankind for investigating the motives, as there is for censuring the conduct, of public characters, it would…

— George Washington

“Similarly, the people actually causing the the harm directly don't want us to be reminded of the their practices--in fact, they often make very…

— Wayne Pacelle

In each human heart terror survives The ravin it has gorged: the loftiest fear All that they would disdain to think were true: Hypocrisy…

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

The public is a ferocious beast; one must either chain it or flee from it.

— Voltaire