July 3, 2022

Thought for Today

"The voice of the people is the voice of God."

Early 15th century saying. Cf. Alcuin [735-804] who said, "Nec audiendi qui solent dicere, Vox populi, vox Dei, quum tumultuositas vulgi semper insaniae proxima sit."  "And those people should not be listened to who keep saying the voice of the people is the voice of God, since the rightousness of the crowd is always very close to madness."

Alexander Pope wrote, "The people's voice is odd, / It is, and it is not, the voice of God."