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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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....

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...

The Third World is not a reality but an ideology.

The Third World is not a reality but an ideology.

These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties.

These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties.

Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it.

Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it.

The point, as Marx saw it, is that dreams never come true.

The point, as Marx saw it, is that dreams never come true.

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...

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...

We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing...

We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing...

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...

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...

Few girls are as well shaped as a good horse.

Few girls are as well shaped as a good horse.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Happiness is like coke something you get as a by-product in the process of making...

Happiness is like coke something you get as a by-product in the process of making...

Yes, there is Nirvana; it is in leading your sheep to a green pasture, and...

Yes, there is Nirvana; it is in leading your sheep to a green pasture, and...

I never loved another person the way I loved myself.

I never loved another person the way I loved myself.