An Enemy of the People
Henrik Ibsen
Top 10 Best Quotes
“You see, the point is that the strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.”
“The majority is never right. Never, I tell you! That's one of these lies in society that no free and intelligent man can help rebelling against. Who are the people that make up the biggest proportion of the population -- the intelligent ones or the fools?”
“You should never wear your best trousers when you go out to fight for freedom and truth.”
“Public opinion is an extremely mutable thing”
“The most dangerous enemy of the truth and freedom amongst us is the compact majority”
“The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.”
“A party is like a sausage machine, it grinds up all sorts of heads together into the same baloney ...”
“I am in revolt against the age-old lie that the majority is always right.”
“There is so much falsehood both at home and at school. At home one must not speak, and at school we have to stand and tell lies to the children.”
“Oh yes, right—right. What is the use of having right on your side if you have not got might?”
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Book Keywords:
struggle, resistance, baloney, opposition, confidence, truth, sausage-machine, public-opinion, politics
