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Mass movements can rise and spread without belief in a God, but never without belief in a devil.

Eric Hoffer

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many.
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Corruption Deep Power Weakness
What monstrosities would walk the streets were some people’s faces as unfinished as their minds.
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Appearance Face Mindset People Walk
Our frustration is greater when we have much and want more than when we have nothing and want some. We are less dissatisfied when we lack many things than when we seem to lack but one thing.
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Frustration Greatness Oneself Philosophy Satisfaction Wisdom
The quality of ideas seems to play a minor role in mass movement leadership. What counts is the arrogant gesture, the complete disregard of the opinion of others, the singlehanded defiance of the world.
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Ideas Leadership Play Quality World
Add a few drops of venom to a half truth and you have an absolute truth.
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Change Deep Poison Truth Yourself
Fair play is primarily not blaming others for anything that is wrong with us.
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Blame Fair Play Wrong
It is not actual suffering but the taste of better things which excites people to revolt.
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Excitement People Revolution Suffering Taste
Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves.
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Betrayal Help People
When people are bored it is primarily with themselves.
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Boredom Oneself People
For many people, an excuse is better than an achievement because an achievement, no matter how great, leaves you having to prove yourself again in the future; but an excuse can last for life.
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Achievement Future Greatness Leaving Life People Reason Yourself
I hang onto my prejudices, they are the testicles of my mind.
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Mindset Myself Prejudice
One of the surprising privileges of intellectuals is that they are free to be scandalously asinine without harming their reputations.
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Freedom Harm Intellectual Privilege Reputation
There is no doubt that in exchanging a self-centered for a selfless life we gain enormously in self-esteem. The vanity of the selfless, even those who practice utmost humility, is boundless.
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Doubt Humility Life Practice Selfish Worth
No matter how noble the objectives of a government, if it blurs decency and kindness, cheapens human life, and breeds ill will and suspicion; it is an evil government.
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Born Evil Government Human Kindness Life Sick Willing
You can never get enough of what you don’t need to make you happy.
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Enough Happiness Need Philosophy Wisdom Yourself
Should Americans begin to hate foreigners wholeheartedly, it will be an indication that they have lost confidence in their own way of life.
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Beginning Confidence Hate Heart Life Lost Way

Mass movements can rise and spread without belief in a God, but never without belief in a devil.

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