Populus Quotes

Goose [pen] bee [wax] and calf [parchment] govern the world.
[Lat., Anser, apie, vitellus, populus et regna gubernant.] ~ James Howell

Here… our failures are known to every Tom Dick and Harry while our successes fall only on deaf ears. It's death, hostile civilians, greedy politicians, and more death, and forget about love. You could be here now and across the world in 11 minutes. If you're lucky you'll be blown to the next world in much less than 11 seconds. ~ Bruce Crown

The natural evolution of a well-educated populus is integration. And this is not political; it's not theoretical; it's not even partisan. ~ Stacey Dash

You can reach a situation where things of intelligence and refinement and culture can be considered elite, and things that are crass and ignorant can be considered to be real and of the people. And when you begin to have the mass of populus striving for something that's not worth striving for, then tremendous amounts of energy go into ... the maintenance of that which is worthless. ~ Wynton Marsalis