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 HOFFER
Naivete in grownups is often charming; but when coupled with vanity it is indistinguishable from stupidity.
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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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Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many.
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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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Every successful person has had failures but repeated failure is no guarantee of eventual success.
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Naivete in grownups is often charming; but when coupled with vanity it is indistinguishable from stupidity.
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I hang onto my prejudices, they are the testicles of my mind.
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Self-righteousness is a loud din raised to drown the voice of guilt within us.
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Communists are frustrated capitalists.
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You can never get enough of what you don’t need to make you happy.
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The beginning of thought is in disagreement – not only with others but also with ourselves.
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To become different from what we are, we must have some awareness of what we are.
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Rudeness is the weak man’s limitation of strength.
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Take away hatred from some people, and you have men without faith.
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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 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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Children are the keys of paradise.
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