Ian Cunningham

“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 opinion of others, the singlehanded defiance of the world.”
― Eric Hoffer, The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements

“Hatred is the most accessible and comprehensive of all the unifying agents. Mass movements can rise and spread without belief in a god, but never without a belief in a devil.”
― Eric Hoffer, The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements

“Jesus was not a Christian, nor was Marx a Marxist.”
― Eric Hoffer, The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements

“A movement is pioneered by men of words, materialized by fanatics and consolidated by men of action.”
― Eric Hoffer, The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements