The majority is by no means omniscient just because it is the majority. In fact, I've found that the line which divides — J. Paul Getty, How to Be Rich
The majority is by no means omniscient just because it is the majority. In fact, I've found that the line which divides — J. Paul Getty, How to Be Rich
The majority is by no means omniscient just because it is the majority. In fact, I've found that the line which divides — J. Paul Getty, How to Be Rich
The majority is by no means omniscient just because it is the majority. In fact, I've found that the line which divides — J. Paul Getty, How to Be Rich
The majority is by no means omniscient just because it is the majority. In fact, I've found that the line which divides — J. Paul Getty, How to Be Rich
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The majority is by no means omniscient just because it is the majority. In fact, I've found that the line which divides majority opinion from mass hysteria is often so fine as to be virtually invisible.

— J. Paul Getty, How to Be Rich
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