Thursday, October 20, 2016

Quotation of the Day

“Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket.”

Eric Hoffer

1 comment:

  1. An interesting man:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Hoffer
    And
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOUXSPpN_eE Eric Hoffer - Tyranny of the Intellectuals

    But apparently the quote has been overly generalized:
    https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Eric_Hoffer
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    "Up to now, America has not been a good milieu for the rise of a mass movement. What starts out here as a mass movement ends up as a racket, a cult, or a corporation." - from The Temper of Our Time (1967)

    Frequently misquoted as "Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket."
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