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The spirit of the mob is in deadly antagonism to all constituted authority.
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Adlai Stevenson
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gutenberg.orgAdlai Stevenson: “The spirit of the mob is in deadly antagonism to all constituted authority.”
Editor's note · Context
Stevenson describes the mob mentality as fundamentally opposed to established legal authority.
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