Mass Movement Quotes

24 Mass Movement quotes by 12 unique authors

A mass movement attracts and holds a following not because it can satisfy the desire for self-advancement, but because it can satisfy the passion for… — Eric Hoffer
Unless a man has talents to make something of himself, freedom is an irksome burden. Of what avail is freedom to choose if the self… — Eric Hoffer
If the Negro is to achieve the goal of integration, he must organize himself into a militant and nonviolent mass movement. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The visions of the INFJs tend to concern human welfare, and their contributions are likely to be made independent of a mass movement. — Isabel Briggs Myers
Sometimes a few passionate people change the world; sometimes they start a mass movement and millions do. — Rebecca Solnit
One, a mass movement from within, which, as you know, is constantly being put down brutally but which, again, regroups and moves forward as is… — Wole Soyinka
It is part of the formidableness of a genuine mass movement that the self-sacrifice it promotes includes also a sacrifice of some of the moral… — Eric Hoffer
People haunted by the purposelessness of their lives try to find a new content not only by dedicating themselves to a holy cause but also… — Eric Hoffer
Christ was crucified because he would have nothing to do with the crowd (even though he addressed himself to all). He did not want to… — Soren Kierkegaard
When we lose our individual independence in the corporateness of a mass movement, we find a new freedom — freedom to hate, bully, lie, torture,… — Eric Hoffer
Marriage has for women many equivalents of joining a mass movement. It offers them a new purpose in life, a new future and a new… — Eric Hoffer
A rising mass movement attracts and holds a following not by its doctrine and promises but by the refuge it offers from the anxieties, barrenness… — Eric Hoffer
The technique of a mass movement aims to infect people with a malady and then offer the movement as a cure. — Eric Hoffer
The vigor of a mass movement stems from the propensity of its followers for united action and self-sacrifice. When we ascribe the success of a… — Eric Hoffer
What starts out here as a mass movement ends up as a racket, a cult, or a corporation. — Eric Hoffer
So what am I? I guess I would call myself a sober optimist...If you are not sober about the scale of the challenge, then you… — Thomas Friedman
The quality of ideas seems to play a minor role in mass movement leadership. What counts is the arrogant gesture, the complete disregard of the… — Eric Hoffer
I believe that we carry within us a divinely inspired moral imperative to love ... We have within us the ability to change for the… — Dean Koontz
Changing the structure and rules of the global economy will require a mass movement based on messages of compassion, justice, and equality, as well as… — Medea Benjamin
Communism and fascism or nazism, although poles apart in their intellectual content, are similar in this, that both have emotional appeal to the type of… — James A.C. Brown
There is no telling to what extremes of cruelty and ruthlessness a man will go when he is freed from the fears, hesitations, doubts and… — Eric Hoffer
Pacifism as a mass movement aims to avoid suffering; pacifists often say that no cause is worth suffering or dying for. The ethos of Solidarity… — Adam Michnik
Our mass movement will shatter this communal, fascist and autocratic center. — Lalu Prasad Yadav
Passionate hatreds can give meaning and purpose to an empty life. These people haunted by the purposelessness of their lives try to find a new… — Eric Hoffer

Who Wrote These Mass Movement Quotes

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