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“It is mainly because of the unorganized state of the Chinese masses that Japan dares to bully us.” Mao Zedong, Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung
“The masses never revolt of their own accord, and they never revolt merely because they are oppressed. Indeed, so long as they are not permitted to have standards of comparison, they never even become aware that they are oppressed.” George Orwell, 1984
“Again, the many are more incorruptible than the few; they are like the greater quantity of water which is less easily corrupted than a little.” Aristotle, Politics
“There is but little virtue in the action of masses of men.” Henry David Thoreau, Civil Disobedience
“The more hideous the mental contortions, the greater the delight and bravos of the mass.” Emma Goldman, Anarchism and Other Essays

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