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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."


By:

Eric Hoffer (more quotes by Eric Hoffer or books by/about Eric Hoffer)


(1902-1983) American author, philosopher, awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom

Source:

quoted in Eric Hoffer: An American Odyssey (Calvin Tompkins), 1968

Categories:

Freedom, Oppression, Power

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