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“The pitifulest thing out is a mob; that’s what an army is – a mob; they don’t fight with courage that’s born in them, but with courage that’s borrowed from their mass, and from their officers. But a mob without any MAN at the head of it, is BENEATH pitifulness.”

– Mark Twain

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapter 22. Colonel Sherburn points a gun at the mob and attacks their cowardice, saying they are only followers who borrow courage from their mass. The mob is symbolic of a bad society, as is Sherburn who has gunned down the harmless town drunkard.

Angry mobs are trying to tear down statues of our founders, deface our most sacred memorials, and unleash a wave of violent crime in our cities.

– Donald Trump

At Mount Rushmore July 3, pre-July 4 holiday event holiday.

The mob spirit has grown with the increasing intelligence of the Afro-American.

– Ida B. Wells

The mob is the mother of tyrants.

– Diogenes

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