There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous.

Quote by Hannah Arendt

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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...

Few girls are as well shaped as a good horse.

Few girls are as well shaped as a good horse.

To think and to be fully alive are the same.

To think and to be fully alive are the same.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.

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 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...

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.

The trouble with lying and deceiving is that their efficiency depends entirely upon a clear...

The trouble with lying and deceiving is that their efficiency depends entirely upon a clear...

This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the...

This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the...

The Third World is not a reality but an ideology.

The Third World is not a reality but an ideology.

If any ideology is so serious that you can't have fun while you're doing it,...

If any ideology is so serious that you can't have fun while you're doing it,...

Those looking for ideology in the White House should consider this: For the men who...

Those looking for ideology in the White House should consider this: For the men who...