A quotation from Eric Hoffer

When cowardice is made respectable, its followers are without number both from among the weak and the strong; it easily becomes a fashion.

Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 203 (1955)

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Hoffer, Eric - Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 203 (1955) | WIST Quotations

When cowardice is made respectable, its followers are without number both from among the weak and the strong; it easily becomes a fashion. See also Hoffer (1971).

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A quotation from Franklin Roosevelt

This new understanding undermines the old admiration of worldly success as such. We are beginning to abandon our tolerance of the abuse of power by those who betray for profit the elementary decencies of life.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) American lawyer, politician, statesman, US President (1933-1945)
Speech (1937-01-20), Inaugural Address, Washington, D.C.

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