Nothing is so unsettling to a social order as the presence of a mass of scribes without suitable employment and an acknowledged status. - Eric Hoffer
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Nothing is so unsettling to a social order as the presence of a mass of scribes without suitable employment and an acknowledged status.
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Eric Hoffer
Eric Hoffer (25 July 1902 – 21 May 1983) was an American writer on social and political philosophy. His first book, The True Believer: Thoughts On The Nature Of Mass Movements (1951) is widely recognized as a classic on mass-movements and the psychological roots of fanaticism. Despite rising to fame with the success and popularity of his writings, he continued to work as a longshoreman until retiring at age 65.
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All mass movements deprecate the present by depicting it as a mean preliminary to a glorious future; a mere doormat on the threshold of the millennium.
Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength
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