There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous.

Quote by Hannah Arendt

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

In the last analysis civilization itself is measured by the way in which children will...

In the last analysis civilization itself is measured by the way in which children will...

It seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of...

It seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of...

I would live all my life in nonchalance and insouciance, Were it not for making...

I would live all my life in nonchalance and insouciance, Were it not for making...

The condition of perfection is idleness: the aim of perfection is youth.

The condition of perfection is idleness: the aim of perfection is youth.

Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the...

Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the...