Mass Mentality Quotes

“Napoleon had commanded
that once a week there should be held something called a Spontaneous
Demonstration, the object of which was to celebrate the struggles and
triumphs of Animal Farm. (...) The sheep were the greatest devotees of the Spontaneous
Demonstration, and if anyone complained (as a few animals sometimes did,
when no pigs or dogs were near) that they wasted time and meant a lot of
standing about in the cold, the sheep were sure to silence him with a
tremendous bleating of “Four legs good, two legs bad!” But by and large the
animals enjoyed these celebrations. They found it comforting to be reminded
that, after all, they were truly their own masters and that the work they did
was for their own benefit. So that, what with the songs, the processions,
Squealer’s lists of figures, the thunder of the gun, the crowing of the
cockerel, and the fluttering of the flag, they were able to forget that their
bellies were empty, at least part of the time.”
― George Orwell, Animal Farm