"Above all things the mass-mind is most bitterly resentful of superiority. It will not tolerate the thought of an elite; and under a political system of universal suffrage, the mass-mind is enabled to make its antipathies prevail."

-- Albert J. Nock

#Political Quotes #Mind Quotes #Mass Quotes

“Most people associate command and control leadership with the military.”
“At times of distress, we all like to recall the advice of fathers and mothers. The best advice my father gave me was to keep faith and deep confidence in the potential of the Greek people; nurture the belief that they can do things.”
“Drunkards of summer are quite as frequent as Drunkards of wine.”
“Thoughts are ephemeral, they evaporate in the moment they occur, unless they are given action and material form. Wishes and intentions, the same. Meaningless, unless they impel you to one choice or another, some deed or course of action, however insignificant. Thoughts that lead to action can be dangerous. Thoughts that do not, mean less than nothing.”
“If a man didn't make mistakes he'd own the world in a month.But if he didn't profit by his mistakes he wouldn't own a blessed thing.”

Source : Edwin Lefèvre (2004). “Reminiscences of a Stock Operator”, p.96, John Wiley & Sons
“The world is still a fantastic and wondrous place to live.”
“I care about the match. I don't care about, you know, other things. It's like if I'm not happy, it's okay. I want just to be happy, you know. If I'm not happy, fine. Have it, you know.”
“If I hadn't gone to Stanford, I'd be working at P&G now.”

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