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Hannah Arendt

“The mob is primarily a group in which the residue of all classes are represented. This makes it so easy to mistake the mob for the people, which also comprises all strata of society. While the people in all great revolutions fight for true representation, the mob always will shout for the “strong man,” the “great leader.” For the mob hates society from which it is excluded, as well as Parliament where it is not represented.”

Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
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The Origins of Totalitarianism The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt
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