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Eric Hoffer quotes about power

American Writer July 25, 1902 – May 21, 1983

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It has often been said that power corrupts. But it is perhaps equally important to realize that weakness, too, corrupts. Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many. Hatred, malice, rudeness, intolerance, and suspicion are the faults of weakness. The resentment of the weak does not spring from any injustice done to them but from their sense of inadequacy and impotence. We cannot win the weak by sharing our wealth with them. They feel our generosity as oppression. Eric Hoffer
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
It is remarkable by how much a pinch of malice enhances the penetrating power of an idea or an opinion. Our ears, it seems, are wonderfully attuned to sneers and evil reports about our fellow men. Eric Hoffer
Eric Hoffer quote: "Our sense of power is more vivid when we break a man's spirit..."
Our sense of power is more vivid when we break a man's spirit than when we win his heart. Eric Hoffer
Eric Hoffer quote: "Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power"
Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power Eric Hoffer
Eric Hoffer quote: "The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape..."
The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future. Eric Hoffer
Eric Hoffer quote: "It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often..."
It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts the weak. Eric Hoffer

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