The public is judged only according to its majority
The status or fate of the public is determined according to the behavior of the majority of its members.
("What can the great ones of the generation do, for the public is judged only according to its majority, as we find that for all thirty-eight years when Israel were as outcasts, He did not speak with Moses" - Jerusalem Talmud, Taanit 3:4)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
אֵין הַצִּבּוּר נִדּוֹן אֶלָּא אַחַר רֻבּוֹ
Definition (Hebrew)
הַיַּחַס לַצִּבּוּר אוֹ גּוֹרָלוֹ נִקְבַּע עַל פִּי הִתְנַהֲגוּת רֹב הָאֲנָשִׁים שֶׁבְּקִרְבּוֹ.
("מָה יַעֲשׂוּ גְּדוֹלֵי הַדּוֹר וְאֵין הַצִּבּוּר נִדּוֹן אֶלָּא אַחֵר רֻבּוֹ שֶׁכֵּן מָצָאנוּ שֶׁכָּל שְׁלֹשִׁים וּשְׁמוֹנֶה שָׁנִים שֶׁהָיוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל כִּמְנֻדִּים לֹא הָיָה מִדְבָּר עִם מֹשֶׁה"-יְרוּשַׁלְמִי תַּעֲנִית ג, ד)