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It is no longer enough to point out what we don't like, we have to work out 'What sort of society do we want?

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Eric Hoffer

Animals can learn, but it is not by learning that they become dogs, cats, or horses. Only man has to learn to become what he is supposed to be.

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The most effective way to silence our guilty conscience is to convince ourselves and others that those we have sinned against are indeed depraved creatures, deserving every punishment, even extermination. We cannot pity those we have wronged, nor can we be indifferent toward them. We must hate and persecute them or else leave the door open to self-contempt.

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The game of history is usually played by the best and the worst over the heads of the majority in the middle.

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