Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves.
ERIC HOFFERI can never forget that one of the most gifted, best educated nations in the world, of its own free will, surrendered its fate into the hands of a maniac.
More Eric Hoffer Quotes
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When people are bored it is primarily with themselves.
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Nowhere at present is there such a measureless loathing of their country by educated people as in America.
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Anger is a prelude to courage.
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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.
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Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power.
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Death has but one terror, that it has no tomorrow.
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Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many.
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I hang onto my prejudices, they are the testicles of my mind.
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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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Self-contempt, however vague, sharpens our eyes for the imperfections of others. We usually strive to reveal in others the blemishes we hide in ourselves.
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It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one’s neighbor.
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Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength.
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We run fastest and farthest when we run from ourselves.
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All leaders strive to turn their followers into children.
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A dissenting minority feels free only when it can impose its will on the majority: what it abominates most is the dissent of the majority.
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