All leaders strive to turn their followers into children.
ERIC HOFFERPropaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves.
More Eric Hoffer Quotes
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The sick in soul insist that it is humanity that is sick, and they are the surgeons to operate on it. They want to turn the world into a sickroom. And once they get humanity strapped to the operating table, they operate on it with an ax.
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It is futile to judge a kind deed by its motives. Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.
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Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power.
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To be fully alive is to feel that everything is possible.
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It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts the weak.
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Naivete in grownups is often charming; but when coupled with vanity it is indistinguishable from stupidity.
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Mass movements can rise and spread without belief in a God, but never without belief in a devil.
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The greatest weariness comes from work not done.
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An empty head is not really empty; it is stuffed with rubbish. Hence the difficulty of forcing anything into an empty head.
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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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Take man’s most fantastic invention- God. Man invents God in the image of his longings, in the image of what he wants to be, then proceeds to imitate that image, vie with it, and strive to overcome it.
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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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To become different from what we are, we must have some awareness of what we are.
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It is doubtful whether the oppressed ever fight for freedom. They fight for pride and power-power to oppress others.
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People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them.
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