Where freedom is real, equality is the passion of the masses. Where equality is real, freedom is the passion of a small minority.
ERIC HOFFERI 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.
More Eric Hoffer Quotes
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Take away hatred from some people, and you have men without faith.
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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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Death has but one terror, that it has no tomorrow.
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It is not actual suffering but the taste of better things which excites people to revolt.
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The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.
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You can never get enough of what you don’t need to make you happy.
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People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them.
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There is no doubt that in exchanging a self-centered for a selfless life we gain enormously in self-esteem. The vanity of the selfless, even those who practice utmost humility, is boundless.
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I hang onto my prejudices, they are the testicles of my mind.
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It is compassion rather than the principle of justice which can guard us against being unjust to our fellow men.
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The passion for equality is partly a passion for anonymity: to be one thread of the many which make up a tunic; one thread not distinguishable from the others. No one can then point us out, measure us against others and expose our inferiority.
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A great man’s greatest good luck is to die at the right time.
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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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Naivete in grownups is often charming; but when coupled with vanity it is indistinguishable from stupidity.
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Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength.
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