Charlatanism of some degree is indispensable to effective leadership. There can be no mass movement without some deliberate misrepresentation of facts.
~ Eric Hoffer

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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.
~ Eric Hoffer

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Mass movements can rise and spread without belief in a God, but never without belief in a devil.
~ Eric Hoffer

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We can be absolutely certain only about things we do not understand. A doctrine that is understood is shorn of its strength.
~ Eric Hoffer

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It is startling to realize how much unbelief is necessary to make belief possible. What we know as blind faith is sustained by innumerable unbeliefs.
~ Eric Hoffer

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Failure in the management of practical affairs seems to be a qualification for success in the management of public affairs.
~ Eric Hoffer

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The capacity to resist coercion stems partly from the individual’s identification with a group.
~ Eric Hoffer

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They who clamor loudest for freedom are often the ones least likely to be happy in a free society.
~ Eric Hoffer

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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.
~ Eric Hoffer

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