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A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.
An Enemy of the People
Billing, Act 1.

The most dangerous enemy of truth and freedom is our society is the compact majority. Yes, the damned, compact, liberal majority.
An Enemy of the People
Dr. Stockmann, Act 4.

The majority is never right. Never, I tell you! That's one of these lies in society that no free and intelligent man can help rebelling against. Who are the people that make up the biggest proportion of the population - the intelligent ones or the fools? I think we can agree it's the fools, no matter where you go in this world, it's the fools that form the overwhelming majority.
An Enemy of the People
Dr. Stockmann, Act 4.

The minority is always right.
An Enemy of the People
Dr. Stockmann, Act 4.

You should never wear your best trousers when you go out to fight for freedom and truth.
An Enemy of the People
Dr. Stockmann, Act 5.

The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.
An Enemy of the People
Dr. Stockmann, Act 5.

An Enemy of the People is an 1882 play written by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. One of its central messages is that the individual who stands alone is more often right than the mass of the people. Ibsen was born on March 20, 1828, and died May 23, 1906.