"A cult is a religion with no political power."
"It is very comforting to believe that leaders who do terrible things are, in fact, mad. That way, all we have to do is make sure we don't put psychotics in high places and we've got the problem solved."
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Source: In Our Time ch. 2 (1980) See Feibleman 1
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