"Man as an individual is a genius. But men in the mass form the headless monster, a great, brutish idiot that goes where prodded."
― Charlie Chaplin
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― Charlie Chaplin
More From Charlie Chaplin
- "I do not have much patience with a thing of beauty that must be explained to be understood. If it does need additional interpretation by someone other than the creator, then I question whether it has fulfilled its purpose."
- "Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself."
- "The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish."
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- "Don’t corral me, and I’ll always come home. Just let me go out and play during the day."― Sandra Bullock
- "The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another. The difference between them is sometimes as great as a month."― Henry Van Dyke
- "The planter, the farmer, the mechanic, and the laborer… form the great body of the people of the United States, they are the bone and sinew of the country men who love liberty and desire nothing but equal rights and equal laws."― Andrew Jackson