Quotes by Hoffer, Eric

There is a grandeur in the uniformity of the mass. When a fashion, a d >>

Our greatest weariness comes from work not done. >>

Nonconformists travel as a rule in bunches. You rarely find a nonconfo >>

Quotations about Dissent

The original crime of niggers and lesbians is that they prefer themsel >>

In a democracy dissent is an act of faith. Like medicine, the test of >>

The rule is perfect: in all matters of opinion our adversaries are ins >>

Though dissenters seem to question everything in sight, they are actually bundles of dusty answers and never conceived a new question. What offends us most in the literature of dissent is the lack of hesitation and wonder.

Hoffer, Eric