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Leave this hypocritical prating about the masses. Masses are rude,

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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The masses have no habit of self reliance or original action. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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