"The question that my friend had asked me still remained unanswered: did I feel proud of this hero worship of crowd? I disliked it and wanted to run away from it, and yet I had got used to it, and when it was wholly absent, 1/5 
I rather missed it. Neither way brought satisfaction, but of the whole, the crowd has filled some inner need of mine. The notion that I could influence them and move them to action gave me a sense of authority over their minds and hearts; 2/5
and this satisfied to some extent, my will to power. In their past, they exercised a subtle tyranny over me, for their confidence and affection moved inner depths within me and evoked emotional responses. 3/5
Individualist as I was, sometimes the barriers of individuality seemed to melt away, and I felt that it would be better to be accursed with these unhappy people than to be saved alone. 4/5
But the barriers were too solid to disappear, and I peeped over them with wondering eyes at this phenomenon I failed to understand": Jawahar Lal Nehru.
An Autobiography, chapter number, 28, Independence And After, page number 217. 5/5
An Autobiography, chapter number, 28, Independence And After, page number 217. 5/5
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