Quote by Georges Bernanos
Civilization exists precisely so that there may be no masses but r

Civilization exists precisely so that there may be no masses but rather men alert enough never to constitute masses. – Georges Bernanos

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It is the perpetual dread of fear, the fear of fear, that shapes the face of a brave man. – Georges Bernanos

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The voice of the majority is no proof of justice. – Friedrich von Schiller

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None of us know all the potentialities that slumber in the spirit of the population, or all the ways in which that population can surprise us when there is the right interplay of events. – Vaclav Havel

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