Eric Hoffer Quotes About Equality
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Where freedom is real, equality is the passion of the masses. Where equality is real, freedom is the passion of a small minority.
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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.
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We clamor for equality chiefly in matters in which we ourselves cannot hope to obtain excellence.
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Those who lack the capacity to achieve much in an atmosphere of freedom will clamor for power.
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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. The desire for power is basically an attribute of a "have not" type of self.
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