In crowds it is stupidity and not mother wit that is accumulated.

The beginning of a revolution is in reality the end of a belief.

The masses have never thirsted after truth. Whoever can supply them with illusions is easily their master; whoever attempts to destroy their illusions is always their victim.

Science has promised us truth...It has never promised us either peace or happiness.

The influence of the leaders is due in very small measure to the arguments they employ, but in a large degree to their prestige. The best proof of this is that, should they by any circumstance lose their prestige, their influence disappears.

In crowds it is stupidity and not mother wit that is accumulated.

All the civilizations we know have been created and directed by small intellectual aristocracies, never by people in the mass. The power of crowds is only to destroy.