Not much psychological knowledge is needed to realize that emotive words can very easily be used to cause the unformed intellect to suspend independent judgment, if not forever, at least until there is some rude awakening. When judgment drops the reains, the harnessed instinct runs away with the cart.”

“The average man of small leisure parrots opinions continuously drilled into him by every possible power of persuasion.”

“The belief that what is evil becomes good if only enough people want it is one of the most terrifying abberations of our age.

Johan Huizinga

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