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You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.

Eric Hoffer

The basic test of freedom is perhaps less in what we are free to do than in what we are free not to do.
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Choice Deep Freedom Philosophy
Nothing comes easily. My work smells of sweat.
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Easy Inspirational Motivational Work
Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many.
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Corruption Deep Power Weakness
When people are bored it is primarily with themselves.
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Boredom Oneself People
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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Adult Difference Growth
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
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
The hardest thing to cope with is not selfishness or vanity or deceitfulness, but sheer stupidity.
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Betrayal Deal Hard Selfish Stupidity
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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Atheist God Image Imitation Invention Man
Rudeness is the weak man’s limitation of strength.
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Limitation Man Rude Strength Weakness
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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Feeling Freedom Opinion Willing
Learners inherit the earth; while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.
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Beautiful Deal Equipment Existence Learning Truth World
We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.
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Lie Loud Ourselves
Those who would sacrifice a generation to realize an ideal are the enemies of mankind.
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Enemy Ideal Kind Man Sacrifice
Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves.
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Betrayal Help People
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

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