"A heresy can spring only from a system that is in full vigor."

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"A dissenting minority feels free only when it can impose its will on the majority: what it abominates most is the dissent of the majority."

Eric Hoffer, American Writer

Dissent, Majority, Minority, Will

"In the end it is worse to suppress dissent than to run the risk of heresy."

Learned Hand, American Judge

Dissent, End, Heresy, Risk

"In the procession I should feel the crushing feet, the clashing discords, the ruthless hands and stifling breath. I could not hear the rhythm of the march."

Kate Chopin, American Author

Dissent, Feet, March

"Dissent is the native activity of the scientist, and it has got him into a good deal of trouble in the last years. But if that is cut off, what is left will not be a scientist. And I doubt whether it will be a man."

Jacob Bronowski, English Scientist

Dissent, Doubt, Man, Trouble

"There is hope for you when your opinions are in opposition to those of the majority. Your brain mighty be working as it was meant to."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Dissent, Majority, Hope, Thinking, Life

"FUCK UNITY! FUCK CONSENSUS! There was no unity or consensus during the American Revolution. We had principled leadership from a small, vocal, minority that refused to compromise on the issue of individual liberty."

A.E. Samaan, American Author

Dissent, Liberty, Defiance, Leadership, Conviction

"The Clinton administration hated us, and it was a terrible struggle with them. I think that they felt if they didn't play, they could strangle us in our crib."

Brit Hume, American Journalist

Dissent, Play, Struggle

"May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion."

Dwight D. Eisenhower, American President

Dissent, May

"A heresy can spring only from a system that is in full vigor."

Eric Hoffer, American Writer

Dissent, Heresy, Spring

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"A dissenting minority feels free only when it can impose its will on the majority: what it abominates most is the dissent of the majority."

"In the end it is worse to suppress dissent than to run the risk of heresy."

"In the procession I should feel the crushing feet, the clashing discords, the ruthless hands and stifling breath. I could not hear the rhythm of the march."

"Dissent is the native activity of the scientist, and it has got him into a good deal of trouble in the last years. But if that is cut off, what is left will not be a scientist. And I doubt whether it will be a man."

"There is hope for you when your opinions are in opposition to those of the majority. Your brain mighty be working as it was meant to."

"FUCK UNITY! FUCK CONSENSUS! There was no unity or consensus during the American Revolution. We had principled leadership from a small, vocal, minority that refused to compromise on the issue of individual liberty."

"The Clinton administration hated us, and it was a terrible struggle with them. I think that they felt if they didn't play, they could strangle us in our crib."

"May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion."

"A heresy can spring only from a system that is in full vigor."

Explore more quotes by Eric Hoffer

"Jesus was not a Christian, nor was Marx a Marxist."

"To become different from what we are, we must have some awareness of what we are."

"It is often the failure who is the pioneer in new lands, new undertakings, and new forms of expression."

"A nation without dregs and malcontents is orderly, peaceful and pleasant, but perhaps without the seed of things to come."

"A dissenting minority feels free only when it can impose its will on the majority: what it abominates most is the dissent of the majority."

"Sometimes we feel the loss of a prejudice as a loss of vigor."

"The misery of a child is interesting to a mother, the misery of a young man is interesting to a young woman, the misery of an old man is interesting to nobody."

"Craving, not having, is the mother of a reckless giving of oneself."

"The greatest weariness comes from work not done."

"Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem."