The nature of a society is largely determined by the direction in which talent and ambition flow - by the tilt of the social landscape.
Eric HofferA 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 HofferThere is in most passions a shrinking away from ourselves. The passionate pursuer has all the earmarks of a fugitive.
Eric HofferFreedom means freedom from forces and circumstances which would turn man into a thing, which would impose on man the passivity and predictability of matter. By this test, absolute power is the manifestation most inimical to human uniqueness. Absolute power wants to turn people into malleable clay.
Eric Hoffer