Quote from Eric Hoffer 

"I doubt if the oppressed ever fight for freedom.
They fight for pride and for power -- power to oppress others.
The oppressed want above all to imitate their oppressors;
they want to retaliate."

Quote by:
Eric Hoffer
(1902-1983) American author, philosopher, awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom
Source:
quoted in Eric Hoffer: An American Odyssey (Calvin Tompkins), 1968
 
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