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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The modern state no longer has anything but rights; it does not recognize duties any more. – Georges Bernanos

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Rights
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What a cunning mixture of sentiment, pity, tenderness, irony surrounds adolescence, what knowing watchfulness! Young birds on their first flight are hardly so hovered around. – Georges Bernanos

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Youth
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Nothing is so contemptible as the sentiments of the mob. – Seneca (Seneca the Elder)

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Leave this hypocritical prating about the masses. Masses are rude, lame, unmade, pernicious in their demands and influence, and need not to be flattered, but to be schooled. I wish not to concede anything to them, but to tame, drill, divide, and break them up, and draw individuals out of them. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The multitude of fools is a protection to the wise. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Masses

Minorities are individual or groups of individuals especially qualified. The masses are the collection of people not specially qualified. – Jos

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