"The 'public' is a phantom, the phantom of an opinion supposed to exist in a vast number of persons who have no effective interrelation and though the opinion is not effectively present in the units. Such an opinion is spoken of as 'public opinion,' a fiction which is appealed to by individuals and by groups as supporting their special views. It is impalpable, illusory, transient; ''tis here, 'tis there, 'tis gone'; a nullity which can nevertheless for a moment endow the multitude with power to uplift or destroy."

Source : "Man in the Modern Age". Book by Karl Jaspers, 1933.

Karl Jaspers

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“Good God,â€ I whispered, sitting on the vanâ€™s cot and looking at my legs, horrified. They were hairyâ€”not wolf hairy, but an I-couldnâ€™t-find-my-razor-the-last-six-months hairy. Utterly grossed out, I took a peek at my armpit, jerking away. Oh, thatâ€™s justâ€¦nasty.”
“Of the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content.”
“How white are the fair robes of Charity as she walketh amid the lowly habitations of the poor!”
“Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by majorities (and the smallest minority on earth is the individual).”

Source : Ayn Rand (1964). “The Virtue of Selfishness”, p.100, Penguin
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“Ninety-nine per cent of traditional English literature concerns people who never have to worry about money at all. We always seem to be watching or reading about emotional crises among folk who live in a world of great fortune both in matters of luck and money; stories and fantasies about rock stars and film stars, sporting millionaires and models; jet-setting members of the aristocracy and international financiers.”

Source : James Kelman (2012). “And the Judges Said&…: Essays”, p.56, Birlinn
“Any successful black person will have to face suspicion within his or her own community about his or her loyalty to other blacks.”

Source : "Kennedy Mulls Meaning of Being Branded a 'Sellout'". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. January 9, 2008.
“Love is born into every human being; it calls back the halves of our original nature together; it tries to make one out of two and heal the wound of human nature.”

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