Language was invented to ask questions.
ERIC HOFFERThe 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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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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It is doubtful whether the oppressed ever fight for freedom. They fight for pride and power-power to oppress others.
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When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.
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We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.
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We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents.
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Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature.
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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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To be fully alive is to feel that everything is possible.
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Should Americans begin to hate foreigners wholeheartedly, it will be an indication that they have lost confidence in their own way of life.
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All leaders strive to turn their followers into children.
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Someone who thinks the world is always cheating him is right. He is missing that wonderful feeling of trust in someone or something.
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Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength.
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Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves.
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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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Communists are frustrated capitalists.
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