Our Quarrel With The World

Faith In A Holy Cause Is To A Considerable Extent A Substitute For Lost Faith In Ourselves.

Where Unity And Self-sacrifice Are Indispensable For The Normal Functioning Of Society, Everyday Life Is Likely To Be Either Religiofied (common Tasks Turned Into Holy Causes) Or Militarized.

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 Be Ineffectual? We Join A Mass Movement To Escape Individual Responsibility, Or, In The Words Of The Ardent Young Nazi, "to Be Free From Freedom."

You Can Discover What Your Enemy Fears Most By Observing The Means He Uses To Frighten You.

Mass Movements Do Not Usually Rise Until The Prevailing Order Has Been Discredited.