"The masses are made up of common people of low intelligence and you will never gain any power. [...] They will never be anything more than an instrument in the hands of the strong, who govern with them and on them. But only a few fully understand the wisdom of this truth. Oh, you Englishmen are so proud of your political freedom and your progress – as you call it – but among all of you there are only two or three men who fully understand what progress is and how the freedom of the masses is the his worst enemy!"
January 1, 1970
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Count_Dracula