Notable Quotable: Mercy Otis Warren On Obedience

“There is a certain supineness which generally overspreads the multitude, and disposes mankind to submit quietly to any form of government, rather than to be at the expense and hazard of resistance. They become attached to ancient modes by habits of obedience, though the reins of authority are sometimes held by the most rigorous hand. Thus we have seen in all ages the many become the slaves of the few.”

—Mercy Otis Warren (1728-1814) 

From History of the Rise, Progress, And Termination of the American Revolution, published in 1805.