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People unfit for freedom - who cannot do much with it - are hungry for power. The desire for freedom is an attribute of a have type of self. It says: leave me alone and I shall grow, learn, and realize my capacities.

People unfit for freedom - who cannot do much with it - are hungry for power. The desire for freedom is an attribute of a "have" type of self. It says: leave me alone and I shall grow, learn, and realize my capacities. The desire for power is basically an attribute of a "have not" type of self.

Eric Hoffer
Equality, Self, People
Eric Hoffer (1982). “Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer”, HarperCollins Publishers

Where freedom is real, equality is the passion of the masses. Where equality is real, freedom is the passion of a small minority.

Eric Hoffer
Real, Passion, Equality
Eric Hoffer (1980). “The True Believer”

We clamor for equality chiefly in matters in which we ourselves cannot hope to obtain excellence.

Eric Hoffer
Equality, Excellence, Matter

Those who lack the capacity to achieve much in an atmosphere of freedom will clamor for power.

Eric Hoffer
Equality, Atmosphere, Liberty
Eric Hoffer (1982). “Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer”, HarperCollins Publishers

Those who see their lives as spoiled and wasted crave equality and fraternity more than they do freedom. If they clamor for freedom, it is but freedom to establish equality and uniformity.

Eric Hoffer
Equality, Fraternity, Spoiled
Eric Hoffer (1980). “The True Believer”

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