The game of history is usually played by the best and the worst over the heads of the majority in the middle.
Eric HofferIt is always safe to assume that people are more subtle and less sensitive than they seem.
Eric HofferThe act of self-denial seems to confer on us the right to be harsh and merciless toward others.
Eric HofferFor men to plunge headlong into an undertaking of vast change, they must be intensely discontented yet not destitute, and they must have the feeling that by the possession of some potent doctrine, infallible leader or some new technique they have access to a source of irresistible power.
Eric Hoffer