Quote by Eric Hoffer
A dissenting minority feels free only when it can impose its will

A dissenting minority feels free only when it can impose its will on the majority: what it abominates most is the dissent of the majority. – Eric Hoffer

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There is always a chance that he who sets himself up as his brothers keeper will end up by being his jail-keeper. – Eric Hoffer

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It is a sign of creeping inner death when we can no longer praise the living. – Eric Hoffer

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We feel free when we escape — even if it be but from the frying pan into the fire. – Eric Hoffer

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How a minority, reaching majority, seizing authority, hates a minority! – Leonard H. Robbins

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Beware the tyranny of the minority. – Proverb

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It is always the minorities that hold the key of progress. – Raymond B. Fosdick

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