Eric Hoffer (July 25, 1902 – May 21, 1983) was an atheist American philosopher and social critic. A conservative moderate with an atypical working-class background, Hoffer authored ten books over his career and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in February 1983. His first book, The True Believer (1951),...
It is a sign of a creeping inner death when we no longer can praise the living.
When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.
—James C. Scott in Two Cheers for Anarchism