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One of the chief differences between an adult and a juvenile is that the adult knows when he is an ass while the juvenile never does.

Eric Hoffer

The history of this country was made largely by people who wanted to be left alone. Those who could not thrive when left to themselves never felt at ease in America.
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Alone Country Easy History People
Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves.
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Betrayal Help People
Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power.
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Corruption Faith Power
The savior who wants to turn men into angels is as much a hater of human nature as the totalitarian despot who wants to turn them into puppets.
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Angel Hate Human Man Nature Savior
The ratio between supervisory and producing personnel is always highest where the intellectuals are in power. In a Communist country it takes half the population to supervise the other half.
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Country Government High Intellectual Power Production
The education explosion is producing a vast number of people who want to live significant, important lives but lack the ability to satisfy this craving for importance by individual achievement. The country is being swamped with nobodies who want to be somebodies.
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Ability Achievement Country Education Important Live People Production Satisfaction
The capacity for getting along with our neighbor depends to a large extent on the capacity for getting along with ourselves. The self-respecting individual will try to be as tolerant of his neighbor’s shortcomings as he is of his own.
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Ability Capacity Ourselves Respect Tolerance
Far more critical than what we know or what we don’t know is what we don’t want to know.
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Philosophy Yourself
Nothing comes easily. My work smells of sweat.
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Easy Inspirational Motivational Work
Mass movements can rise and spread without belief in a God, but never without belief in a devil.
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Belief Devil God Rise
People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them.
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Attitude Character Food Hands People
Where freedom is real, equality is the passion of the masses. Where equality is real, freedom is the passion of a small minority.
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Difference Equality Freedom Passion Reality
When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.
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Freedom Imitation People
Those who would sacrifice a generation to realize an ideal are the enemies of mankind.
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Enemy Ideal Kind Man Sacrifice
Communists are frustrated capitalists.
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Attitude Character Frustration Identity One Liner
Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life.
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Empty Hate Life Passionate Purpose

One of the chief differences between an adult and a juvenile is that the adult knows when he is an ass while the juvenile never does.

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