Quote by Eric Hoffer
Those in possession of absolute power can not only prophesy and ma

Those in possession of absolute power can not only prophesy and make their prophecies come true, but they can also lie and make their lies come true. – Eric Hoffer

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It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love ones neighbor. – Eric Hoffer

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Though dissenters seem to question everything in sight, they are actually bundles of dusty answers and never conceived a new question. What offends us most in the literature of dissent is the lack of hesitation and wonder. – Eric Hoffer

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The power of the American system of republicanism lies in its capacity to allow religious belief to be a competing, not a controlling, factor in American life. – Jon Meacham

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The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while. – Albert Einstein

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Truth is powerful and it prevails. – Sojourner Truth

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The greatest power is not money power, but political power. – Walter Annenberg

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