"We do not usually look for allies when we love. Indeed, we often look on those who love with us as rivals and trespassers. But we always look for allies when we hate."
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"the leader cannot create the conditions which make the rise of a movement possible. He cannot conjure a movement out of the void. There has to be an eagerness to follow and obey, and an intense dissatisfaction with things as they are"
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"All mass movements rank obedience with the highest virtues and put it on a level with faith" "To the frustrated, freedom from responsibility is more attractive than freedom from restraint"
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"The frustrated follow a leader less because of their faith that he is leading them away from their unwanted selves. Surrender to a leader is not a means to an end but a fulfillment. Where they are led is of secondary importance."
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"Self-contempt, however vague, sharpens our eyes for the imperfections of others. We usually strive to reveal in others the blemishes we hide in ourselves"
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"The creative man of words, no matter how bitterly he may criticize and deride the existing order, is actually attached to the present. His passion is to reform and not to destroy."
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"The creative man of words is ill at ease in the atmosphere of an active movement. He feels that its whirl and passion sap his creative energies. The result is that, once the movement starts rolling, he either retires voluntarily or is pushed aside"
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"In the eyes of the true believer, people who have no holy cause are without backbone and character—a pushover for men of faith."
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