Mass Approval Quotes

There are some whom the applause of the multitude has deluded into the belief that they are really statesmen.

When I hear a man applauded by the mob I always feel a pang of pity for him. All he has to do to be hissed is to live long enough.

I have never been over concerned or obsessed with opinion polls or popularity polls. I think a leader who is, is a weak leader. Between being loved and being feared, I have always believed Machiavelli was right. If nobody is afraid of me, I'm meaningless.

Large-scale public projects require the agreement of large numbers of people.

We must not always judge of the generality of the opinion by the noise of the acclamation.

To please the many is to displease the wise.

He whose honor depends on the opinion of the mob must day by day strive with the greatest anxiety, act and scheme in order to retain his reputation. For the mob is varied and inconsistent, and therefore if a reputation is not carefully preserved it dies quickly.

With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it, nothing can succeed.

Mass appreciation doesn't always equate to something good.

Popularity and democracy aren't a judge, they're just stats.

A political leader must keep looking over his shoulder all the time to see if the boys are still there. If they aren't still there, he's no longer a political leader.

Vulgarity in a king flatters the majority of the nation.

What keeps an artiste going is the adulation of the masses.

Nothing indeed can be a stronger presumption of falsehood than the approbation of the multitude.

I have the support of the common people.

We cannot at once catch the applauses of the vulgar and expect the approbation of the wise.

I worry about my judgment when anything I believe in or do regularly begins to be accepted by the American public.