Only the mob and the elite can be attracted by the momentum of totalitarianism itself. The masses have to be won by propaganda. – Hannah Arendt
For the Russian masses, the proletarians, knew for certain, and already saw during the war, and in part before their very eyes, that the peasants would soon be on their side. – Herman Gorter
With Celine Dion, we were selling 25 million records a pop. ‘Pop’ stands for ‘popular.’ It means we’re plugging into the masses. – David Foster
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
The masses will reject any theory, however reasonable it may be, if it lays a restriction upon the appetite. – Ellen G. White
In the 1950s and 60s, geopolitical intrigues did not much engage masses in Asia and Africa; it was something for elites to sort out. – Pankaj Mishra
In the late 1960s, the masses were supposed to be passive, not entering into the public arena and having their voices heard. – Noam Chomsky
Life provides material for its agitation which makes its general views comprehensible to the masses. – Karl Radek
If organized religion is the opium of the masses, then disorganized religion is the marijuana of the lunatic fringe. – Kerry Thornley
The elephants were being slaughtered in masses. Some were even killed in the vicinity of big tourist hotels. – Richard Leakey
Never have so many recordings of the great Masses and motets been in wider circulation. – Richard Morris
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
The welfare state is not really about the welfare of the masses. It is about the egos of the elites. – Thomas Sowell
