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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Our passionate preoccupation with the sky, the stars, and a God somewhere in outer space is a homing impulse. We are drawn back to where we came from. – Eric Hoffer

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It is the awareness of unfulfilled desires which gives a nation the feeling that it has a mission and a destiny. – Eric Hoffer

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My non-violence bids me dedicate myself to the service of the minorities. – Mahatma Gandhi

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

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