Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [1-4] of 4 Jean-Francois Revel quotesJean-Francois Revel QuotesJean-Francois Revel A human group transforms itself into a crowd when it suddenly responds to a suggestion rather than to reasoning, to an image rather than to an idea, to an affirmation rather than to proof, to the repetition of a phrase rather than to arguments, to prestige rather than to competence.~ Jean-Francois Revel Democracy tends to ignore, even deny, threats to its existence because it loathes doing what is needed to counter them. It awakens only when the danger becomes deadly, imminent, evident. By then, either there is too little time left for it to save itself, or the price of survival has become crushingly high.~ Jean-Francois Revel To totalitarianism, an opponent is by definition subversive; democracy treats subversives as mere opponents for fear of betraying its principles.~ Jean-Francois Revel A human group transforms itself into a crowd when it suddenly responds to a suggestion rather than to reasoning, to an image rather than to an idea, to an affirmation rather than to proof, to the repetition of a phrase rather than to arguments, to prestige rather than to competence.~ Jean-Francois Revel Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print