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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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...

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...

Only the mob and the elite can be attracted by the momentum of totalitarianism itself....

Only the mob and the elite can be attracted by the momentum of totalitarianism itself....

Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of...

Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of...

The trouble with lying and deceiving is that their efficiency depends entirely upon a clear...

The trouble with lying and deceiving is that their efficiency depends entirely upon a clear...

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

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

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...

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.

The earth is the very quintessence of the human condition.

The earth is the very quintessence of the human condition.

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

To think and to be fully alive are the same.

To think and to be fully alive are the same.

The chief qualification of a mass leader has become unending infallibility; he can never admit...

The chief qualification of a mass leader has become unending infallibility; he can never admit...

Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence...

Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence...

It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once...

It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once...

Our tradition of political thought had its definite beginning in the teachings of Plato and...

Our tradition of political thought had its definite beginning in the teachings of Plato and...

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...