The welfare state is not really about the welfare of the masses. It is about the egos of the elites.

When the masses begin to vibrate with an energy of love, the world will no longer be a container for war, violence, and lies.

The only difference today between Liberals and Conservatives is that the Liberals go to mass at five o’clock and the Conservatives at eight.

The Statue of Liberty is no longer saying, “Give me your poor, your tired, your huddled masses.” She’s got a baseball bat and yelling “You want a piece of me?

This very second has vanished forever, lost in the anonymous mass of the irrevocable. It will never return. I suffer from this and I do not. Everything is unique – and insignificant.

I have always found it quaint and rather touching that there is a movement [Freemasonry] in the U.S. that thinks Americans are not yet selfish enough

Musicians must be spokespeople for the oppressed masses

The masses in any given place are generally composed of three parts, the relatively active, the intermediate and the relatively backward. The leaders must therefore be skilled in uniting the small number of active elements around the leadership and must rely on them to raise the level of the intermediate elements and to win over the backward elements.

To link oneself with the masses, one must act in accordance with the needs and wishes of the masses.

Take the ideas of the masses and concentrate them, then go to the masses, persevere in the ideas and carry them through … such is the basic method of leadership.

The revolutionary war is a war of the masses; it can be waged only by mobilizing the masses and relying on them.

The masses are the real heroes, while we ourselves are often childish and ignorant, and without this understanding, it is impossible to acquire even the most rudimentary knowledge.

I have witnessed the tremendous energy of the masses. On this foundation it is possible to accomplish any task whatsoever.

Learn from the masses, and then teach them.