Such is the nature of crowds: either they are humble and servile or arrogant and dominating. They are incapable of making moderate use of freedom, which is the middle course, or of keeping it.
Livy
Orion's Cold Fire
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The Mob is a mindless beast, devouring itself until nothing but ruin remains.
It seems every republic sees this phenomenon. Aristotle talked of the many, the few and the one. All have their virtues, all have their faults. The mob is monster of the many. Even Robespierre found that out the hard way.