“The psychopathology of the masses is rooted in the psychology of the individual”

“Apart from the agglomeration of huge masses in which the individual disappears anyway, one of the chief factors responsible for psychological mass-mindedness is scientific rationalism, which robs the individual of his foundations and his dignity. As a social unit he has lost his individuality and become a mere abstract number in the bureau of statistics. He can only play the role of an interchangeable unit of infinitesimal importance. Looked at rationally and from outside, that is exactly what he is, and from this point of view it seems positively absurd to go on talking about the value or meaning of the individual.”

“Psychologically our thought-apart from its expression in words-is only a shapeless and indistinct mass.”

“What is possible for individual man is impossible for the masses.”

“Resistance to the organized mass can be effected only by the man who is as well organized in his individuality as the mass itself.”

“Who are we as individuals to judge the masses?--used recently in a debate”