“We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.”
George S. Patton (1885–1945) United States Army general
As quoted in Pocket Patriot : Quotes from American Heroes (2005) edited by Kelly Nickell, p. 157
“A man who is free is like a mangy sheep in a herd. He will contaminate my entire kingdom and ruin my work.”
King Aegistheus, Act 2
The Flies (1943)
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David Hume (1711–1776) Scottish philosopher, economist, and historian
Playfully ironic letter to Adam Smith regarding the positive reception of "The Theory of Moral Sentiments"
Context: A wise man's kingdom is his own breast: or, if he ever looks farther, it will only be to the judgment of a select few, who are free from prejudices, and capable of examining his work. Nothing indeed can be a stronger presumption of falsehood than the approbation of the multitude; and Phocion, you know, always suspected himself of some blunder when he was attended with the applauses of the populace.
John Bright (1811–1889) British Radical and Liberal statesman
Letter to Mr. O'Donoghue (20 January 1872), quoted in G. M. Trevelyan, The Life of John Bright (London: Constable, 1913), p. 444
1870s
“I can’t die, [he most famously liked to say]. It would ruin my image.”
Jack LaLanne (1914–2011) American exercise instructor
In "Jack LaLanne, Founder of Modern Fitness Movement, Dies at 96, New York Times."
