"Nouns of number, or multitude, such as Mob, Parliament, Rabble, House of Commons, Regiment, Court of King's Bench, Den of Thieves, and the like."
React to this quote
More by William Cobbett
See allResonant Thoughts
"Ladies and gentlemen: War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's ch…"
Explore Further
Related Quotes
"I think a lot of what I was taught, gathered, and learned is worth keeping. Heritage and "wisdom" and simpl…"
— Gary Gygax"Modern technologies of warfare have made it possible for an individual or nation to bring total destruction…"
— James W. Prescott"Already all of us must have heard about the people who call themselves the Fundamentalists. Their apparent …"
— Harry Emerson Fosdick"There is no innocent sleep so innocent as sleep shared between a woman and a child, the little breath hurry…"
— Alice Meynell"...that to expect a bad person not to harm others is like expecting fig trees not to secrete juice, babies"
— Marcus Aurelius"Children love and want to be loved and they very much prefer the joy of accomplishment to the triumph of ha…"
— Erik Erikson