A Quote by Mark Twain

It is governed by minorities, seldom or never by majorities. It suppresses its feelings and its beliefs and follows the handful that makes the most noise. Sometimes the noisy handful is right, sometimes wrong, but no matter, the crowd follows it.

Mark Twain

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Mark Twain
American - Writer
November 30, 1835 - April 21, 1910

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