If by the people you understand the multitude, the hoi polloi, tis no matter what they think they are sometimes in the right, sometimes in the wrong their judgment is a mere lottery. (John Dryden)

If by the people you understand the multitude, the hoi polloi, tis no matter what they think they are sometimes in the right, sometimes in the wrong their judgment is a mere lottery.

John Dryden

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