Noun
mob rule (plural mob rules)
Government by violent gangs, or by the masses.
Mob rule cannot be allowed to override the decisions of our courts. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Plato is correct about democracy. It is essentially mob rule. And once the mob gets an idea into its collective head, it's almost impossible to get it out, or modify it in any way. In an era of mass communication and irresponsible media, it can be a deadly characteristic. Jack McDevitt
The vision that the founding fathers had of rule of law and equality before the law and no one above the law, that is a very viable vision, but instead of that, we have quasi mob rule. James Bovard
Democracy is not a synonym for justice or for freedom. Democracy is not a sacred right sanctifying mob rule. Democracy is a principle that is subordinate to the inalienable rights of the individual. Terry Goodkind
Democrats demonstrate daily that they're not for the rule of law, but for the law of rule, mob rule. Ilana Mercer
It's mob rule and it has been basically since I left. Larry Sanger