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Hannah Arendt Quotes

Revolutions are the only political events which confront us directly and inevitably with the problem of beginning Picture Quote #1

Justice demands seclusion, it permits sorrow rather than anger, and it prescribes the most careful abstention from all the nice pleasures of putting oneself in the limelight Picture Quote #1

The greatest evil perpetrated is the evil committed by nobodies, that is, by human beings who refuse to be persons Picture Quote #1

And if he suffers, he must suffer for what he has done, not for what he has caused others to suffer Picture Quote #1

Evil in the Third Reich had lost the quality by which most people recognize it - the quality of temptation Picture Quote #1

The crime of the Nuremberg Laws was a national crime; it violated national, constitutional rights and liberties, but it was of no concern to the comity of nations Picture Quote #1

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For the oath taken by the members of the S. S. differed from the military oath sworn by the soldiers in that it bound them only to Hitler, not to Germany Picture Quote #1

It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has been recorded in the history of mankind stays with mankind as a potentiality long after its actuality has become a thing of the past Picture Quote #1

For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them Picture Quote #1

It is, in fact, far easier to act under conditions of tyranny than it is to think Picture Quote #1

Nothing we use or hear or touch can be expressed in words that equal what is given by the senses Picture Quote #1

The trouble with lying and deceiving is that their efficiency depends entirely upon a clear notion of the truth that the liar and deceiver wishes to hide Picture Quote #1

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As citizens, we must prevent wrongdoing because the world in which we all live, wrong-doer, wrong sufferer and spectator, is at stake Picture Quote #1

Men in plural […] can experience meaningfulness only because they can talk with and make sense to each other and themselves Picture Quote #1

Clichés, stock phrases, adherence to conventional, standardized codes of expression and conduct have the socially recognized function of protecting us against reality Picture Quote #1

Nobody is the author or producer of his own life story... somebody began it and is its subject in the twofold sense, namely, its actor and sufferer... but nobody is the author Picture Quote #1

When evil is allowed to compete with good, evil has an emotional populist appeal that wins out unless good men and women stand as a vanguard against abuse Picture Quote #1

Poetry, whose material is language, is perhaps the most human and least worldly of the arts, the one in which the end product remains closest to the thought that inspired it Picture Quote #1

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The practice of violence, like all action, changes the world, but the most probable change is a more violent world Picture Quote #1

Although tyranny... may successfully rule over foreign peoples, it can stay in power only if it destroys first of all the national institutions of its own people Picture Quote #1

While strength is the natural quality of an individual seen in isolation, power springs up between men when they act together and vanishes the moment they disperse Picture Quote #1

The presence of others who see what we see and hear what we hear assures us of the reality of the world and ourselves Picture Quote #1

What I propose, therefore, is very simple: it is nothing more than to think what we are doing Picture Quote #1

It is obvious: if you do not accept something that assumes the form of ‘destiny,’ you not only change its ‘natural laws’ but also the laws of the enemy playing the role of fate Picture Quote #1

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Kierkegaard, Marx, and Nietzsche are for us like guideposts to a past which has lost its significance Picture Quote #1

The end of rebellion is liberation, while the end of revolution is the foundation of freedom Picture Quote #1

Exactly for the sake of what is new and revolutionary in every child, education must be conservative; it must preserve this newness and introduce it as a new thing into an old world Picture Quote #1

Truthfulness has never been counted among the political virtues, and lies have always been regarded as justifiable tools in political dealings Picture Quote #1

Love, in distinction from friendship, is killed, or rather extinguished, the moment it is displayed in public Picture Quote #1

Mathematics, the non-empirical science par excellence... the science of sciences, delivering the key to those laws of nature and the universe which are concealed by appearances Picture Quote #1

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Revolutions are the only political events which confront us directly and inevitably with the problem of beginning (Hannah Arendt Quotes) Justice demands seclusion, it permits sorrow rather than anger, and it prescribes the most careful abstention from all the nice pleasures of putting oneself in the limelight (Hannah Arendt Quotes) The greatest evil perpetrated is the evil committed by nobodies, that is, by human beings who refuse to be persons (Hannah Arendt Quotes) And if he suffers, he must suffer for what he has done, not for what he has caused others to suffer (Hannah Arendt Quotes) Evil in the Third Reich had lost the quality by which most people recognize it - the quality of temptation (Hannah Arendt Quotes) The crime of the Nuremberg Laws was a national crime; it violated national, constitutional rights and liberties, but it was of no concern to the comity of nations (Hannah Arendt Quotes) For the oath taken by the members of the S. S. differed from the military oath sworn by the soldiers in that it bound them only to Hitler, not to Germany (Hannah Arendt Quotes) It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has been recorded in the history of mankind stays with mankind as a potentiality long after its actuality has become a thing of the past (Hannah Arendt Quotes) For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them (Hannah Arendt Quotes) It is, in fact, far easier to act under conditions of tyranny than it is to think (Hannah Arendt Quotes) Nothing we use or hear or touch can be expressed in words that equal what is given by the senses (Hannah Arendt Quotes) The trouble with lying and deceiving is that their efficiency depends entirely upon a clear notion of the truth that the liar and deceiver wishes to hide (Hannah Arendt Quotes) As citizens, we must prevent wrongdoing because the world in which we all live, wrong-doer, wrong sufferer and spectator, is at stake (Hannah Arendt Quotes) Men in plural […] can experience meaningfulness only because they can talk with and make sense to each other and themselves (Hannah Arendt Quotes) Clichés, stock phrases, adherence to conventional, standardized codes of expression and conduct have the socially recognized function of protecting us against reality (Hannah Arendt Quotes) Nobody is the author or producer of his own life story... somebody began it and is its subject in the twofold sense, namely, its actor and sufferer... but nobody is the author (Hannah Arendt Quotes) When evil is allowed to compete with good, evil has an emotional populist appeal that wins out unless good men and women stand as a vanguard against abuse (Hannah Arendt Quotes) Poetry, whose material is language, is perhaps the most human and least worldly of the arts, the one in which the end product remains closest to the thought that inspired it (Hannah Arendt Quotes) The practice of violence, like all action, changes the world, but the most probable change is a more violent world (Hannah Arendt Quotes) Although tyranny... may successfully rule over foreign peoples, it can stay in power only if it destroys first of all the national institutions of its own people (Hannah Arendt Quotes) While strength is the natural quality of an individual seen in isolation, power springs up between men when they act together and vanishes the moment they disperse (Hannah Arendt Quotes) The presence of others who see what we see and hear what we hear assures us of the reality of the world and ourselves (Hannah Arendt Quotes) What I propose, therefore, is very simple: it is nothing more than to think what we are doing (Hannah Arendt Quotes) It is obvious: if you do not accept something that assumes the form of ‘destiny,’ you not only change its ‘natural laws’ but also the laws of the enemy playing the role of fate (Hannah Arendt Quotes) Kierkegaard, Marx, and Nietzsche are for us like guideposts to a past which has lost its significance (Hannah Arendt Quotes) The end of rebellion is liberation, while the end of revolution is the foundation of freedom (Hannah Arendt Quotes) Exactly for the sake of what is new and revolutionary in every child, education must be conservative; it must preserve this newness and introduce it as a new thing into an old world (Hannah Arendt Quotes) Truthfulness has never been counted among the political virtues, and lies have always been regarded as justifiable tools in political dealings (Hannah Arendt Quotes) Love, in distinction from friendship, is killed, or rather extinguished, the moment it is displayed in public (Hannah Arendt Quotes) Mathematics, the non-empirical science par excellence... the science of sciences, delivering the key to those laws of nature and the universe which are concealed by appearances (Hannah Arendt Quotes)

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