Quote by Eric Hoffer
When cowardice is made respectable, its followers are without numb

When cowardice is made respectable, its followers are without number both from among the weak and the strong; it easily becomes a fashion. – Eric Hoffer

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It is the malady of our age that the young are so busy teaching us that they have no time left to learn. – Eric Hoffer

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The best part of the art of living is to know how to grow old gracefully. – Eric Hoffer

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Dishonesty, cowardice and duplicity are never impulsive. – George A. Knight

Cowards falter, but danger is often overcome by those who nobly dare. – Queens Mother Elizabeth

To run away from danger, instead of facing it, is to deny ones faith in man and God, even ones own self. It were better for one to drown oneself than live to declare such bankruptcy of faith. – Mahatma Gandhi

It is better to be the widow of a hero than the wife of a coward. – Dolores Ibarruri

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If you really want to diminish a candidate, depict him as the foil of his handler. This is as old in American politics as politics itself. – Karl Rove

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The press is the hired agent of a monied system, and set up for no other purpose than to tell lies where their interests are involved. One can trust nobody and nothing. – Henry Adams

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