I had not been two years at the licks before a damned Yankee came, and settled down within a hundred miles of me!
Crowd Quotes
What the crowd requires is mediocrity of the highest order.
If it has to choose who will be crucified, the crowd will always save Barabbas.
If you’re ridin’ ahead of the herd, take a look back every now and then to make sure it’s still there.
They were two perfectly insignificant and incapable individuals, whose existence is only rendered possible through the high organization of civilized crowds. Few men realize that their life, the very essence of their character, their capabilities and their audacities, are only the expression of their belief in the safety of their surroundings. The courage, the composure, […]
A crowd, whether it be a dangerous mob, or an amiably joyous gathering at a picnic is not a community. It has a mind, but no institutions, no organizations, no coherent unity, no history, no traditions.
“It’s always best on these occasions to do what the mob do.” “But suppose there are two mobs?” suggested Mr. Snodgrass. “Shout with the largest,” replied Mr. Pickwick.
Man goes into the noisy crowd to drown his own clamor of silence.
