الجمعُ قويٌّ ما دام متماسكًا، لكنه ما إن يفكّر كلّ فردٍ من أفراده في خطره الخاصّ، حتى يضعف ويصير مَهينًا.

“A multitude is strong while it holds together, but so soon as each of those who compose it begins ro think of his own private danger, it becomes weak and contemptible.”Niccolo Machiavelli