Eric Hoffer

Free men are aware of the imperfections inherent in human affairs, and they are willing to fight and die for that which is not perfect.

They know that basic human problems can have no final solutions, that our freedom, justice, equality, and so on are far from absolute, that the good life is compounded of half measures, compromises, lesser evils, and gropings toward the perfect.

The refection of approximations and the insistence on absolutes are the manifestations of a nihilism that loathes freedom, tolerance, and equity.