Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but left to its own course it ends in power's disappearance.

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

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

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...

Few girls are as well shaped as a good horse.

Few girls are as well shaped as a good horse.

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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!...

It is my contention that civil disobediences are nothing but the latest form of voluntary...

It is my contention that civil disobediences are nothing but the latest form of voluntary...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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

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