Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but left to its own course it ends in power's disappearance. Hannah Arendt absentabsolutelyappear Change image and share on social
The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the outstanding event of the last decade. Hannah Arendt accountauthorityday Change image and share on social
This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. Hannah Arendt badexpectlive Change image and share on social
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 actactualityappearance share on social
No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once a specific crime has appeared for the first time, its reappearance is more likely than its initial emergence could ever have been. Hannah Arendt appearcommissioncontrary share on social
Death not merely ends life, it also bestows upon it a silent completeness, snatched from the hazardous flux to which all things human are subject. Hannah Arendt bestowcompletenessdeath Change image and share on social
No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has determined the very existence of politics, the cause of freedom versus tyranny. Hannah Arendt ancientbegindetermine Change image and share on social
Only the mob and the elite can be attracted by the momentum of totalitarianism itself. The masses have to be won by propaganda. Hannah Arendt attractelitemasse Change image and share on social
Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You deserve delight. Hannah Arendt dedicatedelightdeserve Change image and share on social
These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. Hannah Arendt disgustfiftyposture Change image and share on social
