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Quote from Eric Hoffer,


"Unless a man has talents to make something of himself, freedom is an irksome burden. Of what avail is freedom to choose if the self be ineffectual? We join a mass movement to escape individual responsibility, or, in the words of the ardent young Nazi, "to be free from freedom.""


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


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

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Collectivism, Fascism, Freedom, Nazi, Responsibility

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