A dissenting minority feels free only when it can impose its will on the majority: what it abominates most is the dissent of the majority.
Eric Hoffer
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24AUG2020 – Quote of the Day
People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them.
Eric Hoffer
23AUG2020 – Quote of the Day
It is doubtful whether the oppressed ever fight for freedom. They fight for pride and power-power to oppress others.
Eric Hoffer
22AUG2020 – Quote of the Day
Fair play is primarily not blaming others for anything that is wrong with us.
Eric Hoffer
21AUG2020 – Quote of the Day
Mass movements can rise and spread without belief in a God, but never without belief in a devil.
Eric Hoffer
20AUG2020 – Quote of the Day
Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for lost faith in ourselves.
Eric Hoffer
19AUG2020 – Quote of the Day
Those who would sacrifice a generation to realize an ideal are the enemies of mankind.
Eric Hoffer
18AUG2020 – Quote of the Day
It is the malady of our age that the young are so busy teaching us that they have no time left to learn.
Eric Hoffer
29JUL2019 – Quote of the Day
You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.
Eric Hoffer
The Z-Man Had a Very Interesting Post Yesterday – The Cancer of Fanaticism
The Z-Man posits that the ideologies can differ but the “true believer” is what gives them their strength and their frightening ferocity and consequences.
“The only person I have read, other than myself, who bothered to contemplate the mindset of the typical Nazi, Bolshevik or Progressive was Eric Hoffer. His classic book, The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements, is the field guide to understanding the mind of the political zealot. Over the years I have referenced it many times, when posting about the American Left. Hoffer’s book is not the definitive work, more of a skeleton key to unlock a mode of analysis. It is a starting point in thinking about the Left.”
Very interesting read.