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Quote from Eric Hoffer,


"Those who see their lives as spoiled and wasted
crave equality and fraternity more than they do freedom.
If they clamor for freedom, it is but freedom
to establish equality and uniformity."


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:

The True Believer, 1951

Categories:

Collectivism, Egalitarian, Equality, Freedom, Uniformity

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