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Gustave Le Bon Quotes

1841–1931 France

Gustave Le Bon (7 May 1841 – 13 December 1931) was a leading French polymath whose areas of interest included anthropology, psychology, sociology, medicine, invention, and physics.

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The masses have never thirsted after truth. Whoever can supply them with illusions is easily their master; whoever attempts to destroy their illusions is always their victim.

Psychologie des Foules [The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind (1895)

Islam, from among all religions, best suits the science discoveries and is the most ready to edify souls and force them to abide by justice, kindness and toleration.

Were it possible to induce the masses to adopt atheism, this belief would exhibit all the intolerant ardor of a religious sentiment, and in its exterior forms would soon become a cult.

The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind (1895)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Gustave Le Bon (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.