Mob rule may refer to:
- Ochlocracy, a government by mob or a mass of people
- Mafia or otherwise criminal control of people and groups
- Mob Rule, a PC game released on September 30, 1999 by Simon & Schuster and Studio 3
Famous quotes containing the words mob and/or rule:
“The mob in silence leaves their prince’s side,
And to the coming ruler gives its love,
And is with mobs the custom.”
—Publius Papinius Statius (c. 40–96)
“In Russia, whatever be the appearance of things, violence and arbitrary rule is at the bottom of them all. Tyranny rendered calm by the influence of terror is the only kind of happiness which this government is able to afford its people.”
—Marquis De Custine (1790–1857)