Only the mob and the elite can be attracted by the momentum of totalitarianism itself. The masses have to be won by propaganda.

Quote by Hannah Arendt

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Few girls are as well shaped as a good horse.

Few girls are as well shaped as a good horse.

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...

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...

Death not merely ends life, it also bestows upon it a silent completeness, snatched from...

Death not merely ends life, it also bestows upon it a silent completeness, snatched from...

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...

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...

There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous.

There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous.

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...

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...

It is quite gratifying to feel guilty if you haven't done anything wrong: how noble!...

It is quite gratifying to feel guilty if you haven't done anything wrong: how noble!...

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...

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,...

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

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

For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by...

For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by...

Only crime and the criminal, it is true, confront us with the perplexity of radical...

Only crime and the criminal, it is true, confront us with the perplexity of radical...

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...

Love, by its very nature, is unworldly, and it is for this reason rather than...

Love, by its very nature, is unworldly, and it is for this reason rather than...

This is why the faith of the peoples is and becomes a complementary part of...

This is why the faith of the peoples is and becomes a complementary part of...

Nuptial love makes mankind; friendly love perfects it; but wanton love corrupts and debases it.

Nuptial love makes mankind; friendly love perfects it; but wanton love corrupts and debases it.

For the memory of love is sweet, though the love itself were in vain. And...

For the memory of love is sweet, though the love itself were in vain. And...