It is doubtful if the oppressed ever fight for freedom. They fight for pride and power — power to oppress others. The oppressed want above all to imitate their oppressors; they want to retaliate.
~ Eric Hoffer
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It is doubtful if the oppressed ever fight for freedom. They fight for pride and power — power to oppress others. The oppressed want above all to imitate their oppressors; they want to retaliate.
~ Eric Hoffer
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There is not an idea that cannot be expressed in 200 words. But the writer must know precisely what he wants to say.
~ Eric Hoffer
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Wordiness is a sickness of American writing. Too many words dilute and blur ideas.
~ Eric Hoffer
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Capitalism is at its liberating best in a noncapitalist environment.
~ Eric Hoffer
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Our passionate preoccupation with the sky, the stars, and a God somewhere in outer space is a homing impulse. We are drawn back to where we came from.
~ Eric Hoffer
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On our earth we can only love with suffering and through suffering.
~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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Man is unhappy because he doesn’t know he’s happy. It’s only that.
~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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It’s easier for a Russian to become an atheist than for anyone else in the world.
~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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