Quotes on Mob

There is no grievance that is a fit object of redress by mob law.

Religion is the idol of the mob; it adores everything it does not understand.

In countries with a properly functioning legal system, the mob continues to exist, but it is rarely called upon to mete out capital punishment. The right to take human life belongs to the state. Not so in societies where weak courts and poor law enforcement are combined with intractable structural injustices.

Mob rule is always extremely dangerous for the future of democracy.

When the theater gates open, a mob pours inside, and it is the poet's task to turn it into an audience.