mob rule
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Conciliators and aspiring tyrants alike have long laid claim to Lincoln’s warnings against mob rule.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 7, 2025
But its inevitable outcome, he argues, is mob rule, bitter factional division, the debasement of civic culture and finally some version of Caesarism.
From Salon • Jan. 5, 2025
Defending both men, Paul Lewis said: "As they stand before you after a period of reflection, they both now recognise there is no grievance that can be properly addressed by mob rule."
From BBC • Aug. 8, 2024
Tom Southerden of Amnesty International said Thursday that talk of mob rule “wildly exaggerates the issue and risks delegitimizing the rights of peaceful protest.”
From Seattle Times • Feb. 29, 2024
Like Napoleon he scorned mob rule and disorder.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 by Johnson, Rossiter
