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Crowds: A Study of the Genius of Democracy and of the Fears, Desires, and Expectations of the People

Book by Gerald Stanley Lee · 5 quotes · Men, Hero, World

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Crowds: A Study of the Genius of Democracy and of the Fears, Desires, and Expectations of the People Quotes

“We have had the stone age; we have had the iron age; and now we have the sky age, and the sky telegraph, and sky men, and sky cities. Mountains of stone are built out of men's visions. Towers and skyscrapers swing up out of their wills and up out of their hearts.”

“There is never any real danger in allowing a pedestal for a hero. He never has time to sit on it. One sees him always over and over again kicking his pedestal out from under him, and using it to batter a world with.”