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.
ERIC HOFFERShould Americans begin to hate foreigners wholeheartedly, it will be an indication that they have lost confidence in their own way of life.
More Eric Hoffer Quotes
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The creative mind is the playful mind. Philosophy is the play and dance of ideas.
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We can be absolutely certain only about things we do not understand.
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Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many.
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The hardest thing to cope with is not selfishness or vanity or deceitfulness, but sheer stupidity.
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A great man’s greatest good luck is to die at the right time.
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The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.
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Rudeness is the weak man’s limitation of strength.
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Children are the keys of paradise.
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We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.
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You can never get enough of what you don’t need to make you happy.
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Up to now, America has not been a good milieu for the rise of a mass movement. What starts out here as a mass movement ends up as a racket, a cult, or a corporation.
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People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them.
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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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You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.
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The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.
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