Quote of Gustave Le Bon - It's easier to dominate a people...
Biography - Gustave Le Bon:
French polymath.
Born: 1841 - Died: 1931
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: France
Born: 1841 - Died: 1931
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: France
It's easier to dominate a people by exciting their passions than by looking after their interests.
Translation
(French)
On domine plus facilement les peuples en excitant leurs passions qu'en s'occupant de leurs intérêts.
See also...
Quotes about interest:
Interest speaks all sorts of tongues and plays all sorts of characters; even that of disinterestedness.
All men are liable to error and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it.
Though men be much governed by interest; yet even interest itself, and all human affairs, are entirely governed by opinion.
Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed by force.
Quotes about passion:
Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.
All men are liable to error and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it.
The time at our disposal each day is elastic the passions we feel dilate it, those that inspire us shrink it, and habit fills it.
Gustave Le Bon also said...
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