#masses

Land of opportunity, land for the huddled masses where would the opportunity have been without the genocide of those Old Guard, bristling Indian tribes? ↗

— Edward Hoagland

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To my utter despair I have discovered, and discover every day anew, that there is in the masses no revolutionary idea or hope or passion. ↗

— Mikhail Bakunin

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After the advent of the written word, the masses who could not - or were not permitted to - read, were given sermons by the few who could. ↗

— Theodore Bikel

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The only freedom supposed to be left to the masses is that of grazing on the ration of simulacra the system distributes to each individual. ↗

— Michel De Certeau

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I wish the masses of people would all follow my advice, because I'd throw it off a cliff. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

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To my mind, the most important aspect of the Nobel Awards is that they bring home to the masses of the peoples of all nations, a realization of their common interests. They carry to those who have no direct contact with science the international spirit. ↗

— Irving Langmuir

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Religion is the opium of the masses. ↗

— Karl Marx

#opium #religion

True education is limited to those people who would die without knowing, whereas the masses in the institutions are merely going through the motions, for education is a way of living. ↗

— Bryant H. McGill

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No one in this world has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. Nor has anyone ever lost public office thereby. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

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There will be masses available all day long. Confession available all day long. ↗

— Thomas Monaghan

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