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...

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...

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....

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....

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

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

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...

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...

Love, in distinction from friendship, is killed, or rather extinguished, the moment it is displayed...

Love, in distinction from friendship, is killed, or rather extinguished, the moment it is displayed...

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...

There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous.

There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.

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...

To think and to be fully alive are the same.

To think and to be fully alive are the same.

When a female gives you her time & attention don't waste it...

When a female gives you her time & attention don't waste it...

The greatest gift you can give another is the purity of your attention.

The greatest gift you can give another is the purity of your attention.

The moment you say 'I know everything' is the end of your growth.

The moment you say 'I know everything' is the end of your growth.

I had no idea of the enormous and unquestionably helpful part that humbug plays in...

I had no idea of the enormous and unquestionably helpful part that humbug plays in...

The most important things in life aren't things.

The most important things in life aren't things.

Time heals what reason cannot

Time heals what reason cannot

The eye is bigger than the belly

The eye is bigger than the belly