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Mob Quotes
On crowds, passion, and reason lost together.
A mob, in these quotes, is passion that has outrun reason — a theme writers and historical figures return to when describing crowd behavior and its costs. The subject overlaps with our crowd quotes page for readers interested in group psychology.
- Last Updated on Aug 01, 2026
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The alleged menace of universal suffrage having been avoided by the absolute suppression of the negro vote, the spirit of mob murder should have been satisfied and the butchery of negroes should have ceased.
- Crowd
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The nineteenth century lynching mob cuts off ears, toes, and fingers, strips off flesh, and distributes portions of the body as souvenirs among the crowd.
- Intelligence
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The mob spirit has grown with the increasing intelligence of the Afro-American.
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Only the mob and the elite can be attracted by the momentum of totalitarianism itself. The masses have to be won by propaganda.
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Only the mob takes the Fifth.
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The nose of a mob is its imagination. By this, at any time, it can be quietly led.
- Nov 07, 2020