"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
(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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