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I hang onto my prejudices, they are the testicles of my mind.

Eric Hoffer

Where freedom is real, equality is the passion of the masses. Where equality is real, freedom is the passion of a small minority.
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Difference Equality Freedom Passion Reality
The misery of a child is interesting to a mother, the misery of a young man is interesting to a young woman, the misery of an old man is interesting to nobody.
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Children Man Misery Mom Old Woman Young
Language was invented to ask questions. Answers may be given by grunts and gestures, but questions must be spoken. Humanness came of age when man asked the first question.
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Action Age Human Invention Language Man Talk
All leaders strive to turn their followers into children.
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Children Leadership Transformation
When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.
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Freedom Imitation People
We run fastest and farthest when we run from ourselves.
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Deep Ourselves Philosophy Run
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
The greatest weariness comes from work not done.
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Greatness Work
Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves.
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Betrayal Help People
The ratio between supervisory and producing personnel is always highest where the intellectuals are in power. In a Communist country it takes half the population to supervise the other half.
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Country Government High Intellectual Power Production
Anger is a prelude to courage.
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Angry Courage One Liner
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
Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature.
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Ability Creativity Introduction Nature
Naivete in grownups is often charming; but when coupled with vanity it is indistinguishable from stupidity.
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Charm Difference Growth Stupidity
A man is likely to mind his own business when it is worth minding. When it is not, he takes his mind off his own meaningless affairs by minding other people’s business.
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Business Character Man Mindset People Worth
The future belongs to the learners-not the knowers.
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Future Learning World

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