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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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...

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...

The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well,...

The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well,...

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...

No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes....

No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes....

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

Few girls are as well shaped as a good horse.

Few girls are as well shaped as a good horse.

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...

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.