Quote#Politics & Power
We go by the major vote, and if the majority are insane, the sane…
Quote byHorace Mann · 1796–1859
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Thoughts Selected from the Writings of Horace Mann (1867), p. 184.
English (original)
We go by the major vote, and if the majority are insane, the sane must go to the hospital. As Satan said, "Evil, be thou my good," so they say, "Darkness, be thou my light."
— Horace Mann
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