"I'm optimistic when I meet individuals, when you talk to one person. People are great one at a time because in them you see all the beauty, all the potential for this species.
As soon as they get in groups, Larry, I get scared. Two people even, they change. They say, "I like Bob, but not when he's with Linda". Three people, five people, ten...they start having little hats, little armbands, slogans, and an agenda...stuff they want to do.
The bigger the group, the worse it is Larry. Give me individuals one at a time, and I'm an optimist. Put em in groups of four hundred, four thousand, or ten million - and I get scared."
- George Carlin, Larry King Live (1990)