We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for their abundance.

Quote by Hannah Arendt

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The chief qualification of a mass leader has become unending infallibility; he can never admit...

The chief qualification of a mass leader has become unending infallibility; he can never admit...

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.

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,...

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...

Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it.

Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it.

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...

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good,...

Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good,...

The earth is the very quintessence of the human condition.

The earth is the very quintessence of the human condition.

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...

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

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

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

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

Promises are the uniquely human way of orderin The sad truth is that most evil...

Promises are the uniquely human way of orderin The sad truth is that most evil...

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...