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Who Said This?
OP - April 27, 2009, 10:37 AM

"...Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups..."

This is one of the best sayings that I have recently came across. It is very simple, yet very powerful and self-explaining sentence....

Please can anyone tell me, who said this first? I like this very much and I actually use it as a part of my siggy down there, but need to say who said it....

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I was talking to a group of friends the other day about how irrational some Muslims (especially the arrogant ones) and I used this sentences when the discussion was about what religion was and why Muslims or Christians think their religion is the one true religion and so on... and boy I did not know that it would have this huge positive effect on calming them down!!!

Obviously, no one would like to be labeled as stupid... so every one tried to reason instate of just be a total ass-like arrogant!!!

Because I think stupid people when they are in large groups they tend to be more stupid than usual!! (Skin Heads is a very good example!!!) (School Bullies are another good example!!!)... They will always be lead by the least stupid of them all, and rest become a sort of Zombie or robot-like army of idiots and do what ever he says!!!

The least stupid would just say!! Hey!!!! let's kick the shit out of him and they will just start kicking without thinking!!!

Anyways, if you know who said: "...Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups..." please let me know...

You may want to add another saying that you think very powerful and worth knowing!!!

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Re: Who Said This?
Reply #1 - April 27, 2009, 11:21 PM

I don't know, but...

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Re: Who Said This?
Reply #2 - April 28, 2009, 12:06 AM

George Carlin?
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Reply #3 - April 28, 2009, 08:06 AM

I had an idea that it was Carlin but wasn't sure and couldn't be bothered googling it. So I decided to google it and still couldn't find out who said it. I did find some really good ones though. This one is from Carlin:

The very existence of flamethrowers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, "You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done."

From here.

I also found this site, which has some rather good stuff if you know anyone who is into those bloody motivational posters.

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Reply #4 - April 28, 2009, 10:04 AM

Quote from: osmanthus on April 28, 2009, 08:06 AM
.... So I decided to google it and still couldn't find out who said it....

Me too, I could not find who has said it first, although Zillions of people seems to have mentioned it in teir posts or blogs!!!

I just loved it.... it is so true

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Reply #5 - April 28, 2009, 10:18 AM

You might like this video (it was on another thread before you arrived) as it make a somewhat similar point to that saying of yours

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RkbDUc9HBA&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ecouncilofexmuslims%2Ecom%2Findex%2Ephp%3Ftopic%3D4870%2Emsg124197&feature=player_embedded

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Re: Who Said This?
Reply #6 - April 29, 2009, 06:02 PM

Quote from: IsLame on April 28, 2009, 10:18 AM
You might like this video (it was on another thread before you arrived) as it make a somewhat similar point to that saying of yours

good 1 indeed...

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Re: Who Said This?
Reply #7 - April 29, 2009, 07:04 PM

It is definitely George Carlin

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Reply #8 - April 29, 2009, 09:02 PM

Quote from: aliadiere on April 29, 2009, 07:04 PM
It is definitely George Carlin

is it on tape? you tube or something?

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Reply #9 - April 29, 2009, 09:05 PM

Quote from: RIBS on April 29, 2009, 09:02 PM
Quote from: aliadiere on April 29, 2009, 07:04 PM
It is definitely George Carlin

is it on tape? you tube or something?

Its in one of his youtube videos but I can't remember which one. Its not a major part of any of his videos or anything. You'll just have to go through them all!

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Reply #10 - April 30, 2009, 09:48 PM

Hey!! Guess what?? I found this!

I will definitely buy it if I find one

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