No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has determined the very existence of politics, the cause of freedom versus tyranny.

Quote by Hannah Arendt

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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...

There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous.

There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous.

Few girls are as well shaped as a good horse.

Few girls are as well shaped as a good horse.

The Third World is not a reality but an ideology.

The Third World is not a reality but an ideology.

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...

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...

Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good,...

Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good,...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

The earth is the very quintessence of the human condition.

The earth is the very quintessence of the human condition.

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...

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.

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....

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

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

Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity,...

Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity,...

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...

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

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