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The beginning of thought is in disagreement -- not only with other

The beginning of thought is in disagreement — not only with others but also with ourselves. – Eric Hoffer

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Nonconformists travel as a rule in bunches. You rarely find a nonconformist who goes it alone. And woe to him inside a nonconformist clique who does not conform with nonconformity. – Eric Hoffer

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Conformity & Nonconformity
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When we believe ourselves in possession of the only truth, we are likely to be indifferent to common everyday truths. – Eric Hoffer

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It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts the weak. – Eric Hoffer

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power
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If we confuse dissent with disloyalty – Edward R. Murrow

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But most of us are apt to settle within ourselves that the man who blocks our way is odious, and not to mind causing him a little of the disgust which his personality excites in ourselves. – George Eliot

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It is hard for any one to be an honest politician who is not born and bred a Dissenter. – William Hazlitt

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I love opposition that has convictions. – Frederick the Great

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Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections. – Saint Francis de Sales

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