Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but left to its own course it ends in power's disappearance.

Quote by Hannah Arendt

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The ceaseless, senseless demand for original scholarship in a number of fields, where only erudition...

The ceaseless, senseless demand for original scholarship in a number of fields, where only erudition...

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...

Promises are the uniquely human way of orderin The sad truth is that most evil...

Promises are the uniquely human way of orderin The sad truth is that most evil...

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.

The earth is the very quintessence of the human condition.

The earth is the very quintessence of the human condition.

The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon...

The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon...

Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech...

Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech...

By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road...

By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road...

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

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

To think and to be fully alive are the same.

To think and to be fully alive are the same.

The more dubious and uncertain an instrument violence has become in international relations, the more...

The more dubious and uncertain an instrument violence has become in international relations, the more...

There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous.

There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous.

The Third World is not a reality but an ideology.

The Third World is not a reality but an ideology.

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...

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...

Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which...

Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which...

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...

No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that...

No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that...

And as Americans, we must ask ourselves: Are we really so different? Must we stereotype...

And as Americans, we must ask ourselves: Are we really so different? Must we stereotype...

Politics are not my concern . . . They impressed me as a dog's life...

Politics are not my concern . . . They impressed me as a dog's life...