Quotes Tagged "masses"

A conscious human is driven by their conscience, not popular opinion.

A rumor is a social cancer: it is difficult to contain and it rots the brains of the masses. However, the real danger is that so many people find rumors enjoyable. That part causes the infection. And in such cases when a rumor is only partially made of truth, it is difficult to pinpoint exactly where the information may have gone wrong. It is passed on and on until some brave soul questions its validity; that brave soul refuses to bite the apple and let the apple eat him. Forced to start from scratch for the sake of purity and truth, that brave soul, figuratively speaking, fully amputates the information in order to protect his personal judgment. In other words, his ignorance is to be valued more than the lie believed to be true.

Since the earliest days of our youth, we have been conditioned to accept that the direction of the herd, and authority anywhere — is always right.

It is important that the masses realize that some aspects of science are blatantly crooked.

No amount of political freedom will satisfy the hungry masses.

Things meant to appeal to the masses usually end up appealing to no one.

I much prefer the sharpest criticism of a single intelligent man to the thoughtless approval of the masses.

In the late 1960s, the masses were supposed to be passive, not entering into the public arena and having their voices heard.

Politics begin where the masses are, not where there are thousands, but where there are millions, that is where serious politics begin.

Masses are always breeding grounds of psychic epidemics.

The press should be not only a collective propagandist and a collective agitator, but also a collective organizer of the masses.

Life provides material for its agitation which makes its general views comprehensible to the masses.

The first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine.

One of the first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine.

The welfare state is not really about the welfare of the masses. It is about the egos of the elites.

Religion is the opium of the masses.

Jayalalithaaji was not just a politician: she was the messiah of the masses.

In America, it is sport that is the opiate of the masses.

Religion is not merely the opium of the masses, it's the cyanide.

Obviously Hall & Oates wasn't overlooked by the masses in terms of the record sales.