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  1. A quotation from Ben Franklin

    A Mob’s a Monster; Heads enough, but no Brains.

    Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
    Poor Richard (1747 ed.)

    More about this quote: wist.info/franklin-benjamin/16…

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  2. A quotation from Shakespeare

    Grant them removed, and grant that this your noise
    Hath chid down all the majesty of England;
    Imagine that you see the wretched strangers,
    Their babies at their backs and their poor luggage,
    Plodding tooth ports and costs for transportation,
    And that you sit as kings in your desires,
    Authority quite silent by your brawl,
    And you in ruff of your opinions clothed;
    What had you got? I’ll tell you. You had taught
    How insolence and strong hand should prevail,
    How order should be quelled; and by this pattern
    Not one of you should live an aged man,
    For other ruffians, as their fancies wrought,
    With self same hand, self reasons, and self right,
    Would shark on you, and men like ravenous fishes
    Would feed on one another.

    William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
    Sir Thomas More, Act 2, sc. 4, l. 55ff (c. 1592)

    More about this quote: wist.info/shakespeare-william/…

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  3. A quotation from Lincoln

    There is no grievance that is a fit object of redress by mob law.

    Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) American lawyer, politician, US President (1861-65)
    Speech (1838-01-27), “The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions,” Young Men’s Lyceum, Springfield, Illinois

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/lincoln-abraham/1568…

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  4. The sheriff and his deputies try to protect an accused man from #MobViolence in the still-powerful 1936 #FritzLang #film Fury. #TCMparty #movies #films