Mark Twain, The Mysterious Stranger, Chapter IX Browse All Authors Famous Quotes by Mark Twain, The Mysterious Stranger, Chapter IX [Mankind] is governed by minorities, seldom or never by majorities. It suppresses its feelings and its beliefs and follows the handful that makes the most noise. Sometimes the noisy handful is right, sometimes wrong, but no matter, the crowd follows it. Mark Twain, The Mysterious Stranger, Chapter IX
