Freedom aggravates at least as much as it alleviates frustr… - Eric Hoffer

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Freedom aggravates at least as much as it alleviates frustration.

Eric Hoffer

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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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It is probably true that business corrupts everything it touches. It corrupts politics, sports, literature, art, labor unions and so on. But business also corrupts and undermines monolithic totalitarianism. Capitalism is at its liberating best in a noncapitalist environment.

We probably have a greater love for those we support than for those who support us. Our vanity carries more weight than our self-interest.

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Freedom aggravates at least as much as it alleviates frustration. - Eric Hoffer

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