Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [1-5] of 5 Desperation quotesDesperation QuotesDesperation When our individual interests and prospects do not seem worth living for, we are in desperate need for something apart from us to live for. All forms of dedication, devotion, loyalty and self-surrender are in essence a desperate clinging to something which might give worth and meaning to our lives.~ Eric Hoffer It is not the disease, but the physician; it is the pernicious hand of government alone which can reduce a whole people to despair.~ Junius Most people prefer to believe that their leaders are just and fair, even in the face of evidence to the contrary, because once a citizen acknowledges that the government under which he lives is lying and corrupt, the citizen has to choose what he or she will do about it. To take action in the face of corrupt government entails risks of harm to life and loved ones. To choose to do nothing is to surrender one's self-image of standing for principles. Most people do not have the courage to face that choice. Hence, most propaganda is not designed to fool the critical thinker but only to give moral cowards an excuse not to think at all.~ Michael Rivero If you are wise, mingle these two elements: do not hope without despair, or despair without hope.~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.~ Henry David Thoreau Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print