Quotes by Mob Rule The passions refuse to be organized on a basis of their own; hostile to personal freedom and one another, they rush precipitately into anarchy and mob rule. Amos Bronson Alcott mob-ruleanarchypassion Mob rule can not be allowed to override the decisions of our courts. Dwight D. Eisenhower mob-rulepresidentialdecision In vain they seek to hide behind the flag and the Constitution. In their blindness they forget what the flag and the Constitution stand for. Now, as always, they stand for democracy, not tyranny; for freedom, not subjection; and against a dictatorship by mob rule and the over-privileged alike. Franklin D. Roosevelt mob-ruleflagsdemocracy You heard Eric 'Kiddie' Cantor say that he was afraid of mob rule down on Wall Street. Oh, you're afraid, little cutie baby? How about going down there yourself and walking through the crowds? Gerald Celente mob-rulewallbaby Democracy is mob rule with income taxes. Gloria Steinem mob-ruleincomedemocracy Even the Founding Fathers of the U.S., nowadays considered the model of a democracy, were strictly opposed to it. Without a single exception, they thought of democracy as nothing but mob-rule. Hans-Hermann Hoppe mob-ruledemocracyfather Dissent is the highest form of patriotism. Howard Zinn mob-rulepatriotismform Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob. James Madison mob-ruleassemblycitizens Democracy leads to anarchy, which is mob rule. Plato mob-ruledemocracygovernment Mob rule and emasculation of the wise' and 'who will watch the guardians'? Plato mob-rulewisewatches If you listen to fools... The Mob Rules! Ronnie James Dio mob-rulefoolifs The tendency of liberals is to create bodies of men and women-of all classes-detached from tradition, alienated from religion, and susceptible to mass suggestion-mob rule. And a mob will be no less a mob if it is well fed, well clothed, well housed, and well disciplined. T. S. Eliot mob-ruleclassmen We [must] hold the just balance and set ourselves as resolutely against improper corporate influence on the one hand as against demagogy and mob rule on the other. Theodore Roosevelt mob-rulebalancehands Democracy and liberty are not the same. Democracy is little more than mob rule, while liberty refers to the sovereignty of the individual. Walter E. Williams mob-ruledemocracyliberty
