The basic test of freedom is perhaps less in what we are free to do than in what we are free not to do.
ERIC HOFFERWe all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails.
More Eric Hoffer Quotes
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We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails.
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The hardest thing to cope with is not selfishness or vanity or deceitfulness, but sheer stupidity.
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There is a tendency to judge a race, a nation or any distinct group by its leastworthy members.
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Communists are frustrated capitalists.
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Nothing comes easily. My work smells of sweat.
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Rudeness is the weak man’s limitation of strength.
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Add a few drops of venom to a half truth and you have an absolute truth.
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The trouble is not chiefly that our universities are unfit for students but that many present-day students are unfit for universities.
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We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.
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You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.
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Learners inherit the earth; while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.
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Unlike the pattern which seems to prevail in the rest of life, in the human species the weak not only survive but often triumph over the strong. The self-hatred inherent in the weak unlocks energies far more formidable then those mobilized by an ordinary struggle for existence.
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To know a person’s religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance.
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All leaders strive to turn their followers into children.
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Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life.
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