It is my contention that civil disobediences are nothing but the latest form of voluntary association, and that they are thus quite in tune with the oldest traditions of the country.

Quote by Hannah Arendt

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Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable...

Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable...

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.

Nothing we use or hear or touch can be expressed in words that equal what...

Nothing we use or hear or touch can be expressed in words that equal what...

Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good,...

Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good,...

Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think.

Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think.

Revolutionaries do not make revolutions. The revolutionaries are those who know when power is lying...

Revolutionaries do not make revolutions. The revolutionaries are those who know when power is lying...

The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up...

The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up...

Death not merely ends life, it also bestows upon it a silent completeness, snatched from...

Death not merely ends life, it also bestows upon it a silent completeness, snatched from...

There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous.

There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous.

Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless.

Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless.

Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an...

Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an...

War has become a luxury that only small nations can afford.

War has become a luxury that only small nations can afford.

The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which...

The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which...

Only crime and the criminal, it is true, confront us with the perplexity of radical...

Only crime and the criminal, it is true, confront us with the perplexity of radical...

Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible...

Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible...

To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of...

To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of...

Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people...

Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people...

In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in...

In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in...

Communism is the death of the soul. It is the organization of total conformity -...

Communism is the death of the soul. It is the organization of total conformity -...

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life...

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life...