Quote of the Day: How the Individual Becomes Part of the Crowd

A human group transforms itself into a crowd when it suddenly responds to a suggestion rather than to reasoning, to an image rather than to an idea, to an affirmation rather than to proof, to the repetition of a phrase rather than to arguments, to prestige rather than to competence

This quote is from classical liberal French journalist, author and philosopher Jean-François Revel (1924-2006)