There are no wise few. Every aristocracy that has ever existed has behaved, in all essential points, exactly like a small mob.
Now is the time for all good men to come to.
At the mention of the word mace, the guy looked scared and kind of melted back, though the crowd kept him moving forward.
The car rocked back and forth and tipped uphill.
People fail forward to success.
The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widespread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible.
It's the opinion of some that crops could be grown on the moon. Which raises the fear that it may not be long before we're paying somebody not to.