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-rule anarchy passion Mob rule can not be allowed to override the decisions of our courts. Dwight D. Eisenhower mob-rule presidential decision 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-rule flags democracy 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-rule wall baby Democracy is mob rule with income taxes. Gloria Steinem mob-rule income democracy 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-rule democracy father Dissent is the highest form of patriotism. Howard Zinn mob-rule patriotism form Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob. James Madison mob-rule assembly citizens Democracy leads to anarchy, which is mob rule. Plato mob-rule democracy government Mob rule and emasculation of the wise' and 'who will watch the guardians'? Plato mob-rule wise watches If you listen to fools... The Mob Rules! Ronnie James Dio mob-rule fool ifs 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-rule class men 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-rule balance hands 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-rule democracy liberty