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  1. A quotation from Eric Hoffer

    The Americans are poor haters in international affairs because of their innate feeling of superiority over all foreigners. An American’s hatred for a fellow American (for Hoover or Roosevelt) is far more virulent than any antipathy he can work up against foreigners. […] Should Americans begin to hate foreigners wholeheartedly, it will be an indication that they have lost confidence in their own way of life.

    Eric Hoffer (1902–1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
    True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements, Part 3, ch. 14, § 73 (3.14.73) (1951)

    More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/11065/

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  2. A quotation from Eric Hoffer

    The Americans are poor haters in international affairs because of their innate feeling of superiority over all foreigners. An American’s hatred for a fellow American (for Hoover or Roosevelt) is far more virulent than any antipathy he can work up against foreigners. […] Should Americans begin to hate foreigners wholeheartedly, it will be an indication that they have lost confidence in their own way of life.

    Eric Hoffer (1902–1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
    True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements, Part 3, ch. 14, § 73 (3.14.73) (1951)

    More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/11065/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #erichoffer #America #Americans #confidence #ego #foreignaffairs #foreignrelations #foreigners #hatred #internationalaffairs #internationalrelations #jingoism #othering #pride #superiority #xenophobia

  3. A quotation from Eric Hoffer

    The Americans are poor haters in international affairs because of their innate feeling of superiority over all foreigners. An American’s hatred for a fellow American (for Hoover or Roosevelt) is far more virulent than any antipathy he can work up against foreigners. […] Should Americans begin to hate foreigners wholeheartedly, it will be an indication that they have lost confidence in their own way of life.

    Eric Hoffer (1902–1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
    True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements, Part 3, ch. 14, § 73 (3.14.73) (1951)

    More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/11065/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #erichoffer #America #Americans #confidence #ego #foreignaffairs #foreignrelations #foreigners #hatred #internationalaffairs #internationalrelations #jingoism #othering #pride #superiority #xenophobia

  4. A quotation from Eric Hoffer

    The Americans are poor haters in international affairs because of their innate feeling of superiority over all foreigners. An American’s hatred for a fellow American (for Hoover or Roosevelt) is far more virulent than any antipathy he can work up against foreigners. […] Should Americans begin to hate foreigners wholeheartedly, it will be an indication that they have lost confidence in their own way of life.

    Eric Hoffer (1902–1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
    True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements, Part 3, ch. 14, § 73 (3.14.73) (1951)

    More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/11065/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #erichoffer #America #Americans #confidence #ego #foreignaffairs #foreignrelations #foreigners #hatred #internationalaffairs #internationalrelations #jingoism #othering #pride #superiority #xenophobia

  5. A quotation from Eric Hoffer

    The Americans are poor haters in international affairs because of their innate feeling of superiority over all foreigners. An American’s hatred for a fellow American (for Hoover or Roosevelt) is far more virulent than any antipathy he can work up against foreigners. […] Should Americans begin to hate foreigners wholeheartedly, it will be an indication that they have lost confidence in their own way of life.

    Eric Hoffer (1902–1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
    True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements, Part 3, ch. 14, § 73 (3.14.73) (1951)

    More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/11065/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #erichoffer #America #Americans #confidence #ego #foreignaffairs #foreignrelations #foreigners #hatred #internationalaffairs #internationalrelations #jingoism #othering #pride #superiority #xenophobia

  6. A quotation from Twain

    The question as to whether there is such a thing as divine right of kings is not settled in this book. It was found too difficult. That the executive head of a nation should be a person of lofty character and extraordinary ability, was manifest and indisputable; that none but the Deity could select that head unerringly, was also manifest and indisputable; that the Deity ought to make that selection, then, was likewise manifest and indisputable; consequently, that He does make it, as claimed, was an unavoidable deduction. I mean, until the author of this book encountered the Pompadour, and Lady Castlemaine, and some other executive heads of that kind; these were found so difficult to work into the scheme, that it was judged better to take the other tack in this book (which must be issued this fall), and then go into training and settle the question in another book. It is, of course, a thing which ought to be settled, and I am not going to have anything particular to do next winter anyway.

    Mark Twain (1835-1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
    Novel (1889), A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, Preface

    More about this quote: wist.info/twain-mark/84562/

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