Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831) German philosopher
Introduction to the Critical Journal of Philosophy, cited in W. Kaufmann, Hegel (1966), p. 56
“A mob's always made up of people, no matter what. Mr. Cunningham was part of a mob last night, but he was still a man. Every mob in every little Southern town is always made up of people you know--doesn't say much for them, does it?”
— Harper Lee, book To Kill a Mockingbird
Source: To Kill a Mockingbird
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