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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.

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
I have a premonition that will not leave me: as it goes with Israel so will it go with all of us. Should Israel perish, the holocaust will be upon us.
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Destruction Leaving Nation Terrorism
Communists are frustrated capitalists.
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Attitude Character Frustration Identity One Liner
Rudeness is the weak man’s limitation of strength.
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Limitation Man Rude Strength Weakness
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
No matter how noble the objectives of a government, if it blurs decency and kindness, cheapens human life, and breeds ill will and suspicion; it is an evil government.
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Born Evil Government Human Kindness Life Sick Willing
When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.
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Freedom Imitation People
Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for lost faith in ourselves.
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Deep Faith Lost Wisdom
To be fully alive is to feel that everything is possible.
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Alive Feeling Inspirational Possible
Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature.
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Ability Creativity Introduction Nature
The savior who wants to turn men into angels is as much a hater of human nature as the totalitarian despot who wants to turn them into puppets.
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Angel Hate Human Man Nature Savior
It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts the weak.
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Attraction Evil Power Promise Weakness
The education explosion is producing a vast number of people who want to live significant, important lives but lack the ability to satisfy this craving for importance by individual achievement. The country is being swamped with nobodies who want to be somebodies.
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Ability Achievement Country Education Important Live People Production Satisfaction
The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future.
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Deep Future Power Way
We see through others only when we see through ourselves.
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Character Philosophy See Wisdom Yourself
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

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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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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