Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what to say, and is reputed strong only because he has remained silent. Never Give In!
The characteristic of the hour is that the commonplace mind, knowing itself to be commonplace, has the assurance to proclaim the rights of the commonplace and to impose them wherever it will. As they say in the United States: "to be different is to be indecent." The mass crushes beneath it everything that is different, everything that is excellent, individual, qualified and select. Anybody who is not like everybody, who does not think like everybody, runs the risk of being eliminated. And it is clear, of course, that this "everybody" is not "everybody." "Everybody" was normally the complex unity of the mass and the divergent, specialised minorities. Nowadays, "everybody" is the mass alone. the Revolt of the Masses
The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter. Never Give In!
The rule is perfect: in all matters of opinion our adversaries are insane. Christian Science
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