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

Quote by Hannah Arendt

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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...

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 ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well,...

The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well,...

There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous.

There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous.

Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people...

Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it.

Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it.

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...

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

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

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.

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

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

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...

When we have lost everything, including hope, life becomes a disgrace, and death a duty.

When we have lost everything, including hope, life becomes a disgrace, and death a duty.

In the attempt to defeat death man has been inevitably obliged to defeat life, for...

In the attempt to defeat death man has been inevitably obliged to defeat life, for...