Choose the word or set of words that best completes the following sentence.

The demagogue worked day and night, __________ the passions of the __________ against those whom he declared to be the “privileged few.”

Choose the word or set of words that best completes the following sentence.

Many good-willed people decided to take up the cause of ___________ on behalf of the enslaved population, believing that none deserved to have their rights so totally __________.