To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough to make me ambitious. Hannah Arendt ageambitiousauthority Change image and share on social
Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of culprits, and the very magnitude of the crime the best excuse for doing nothing. Hannah Arendt collectiveconfessioncrime share on social
There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. Hannah Arendt dangerousthinkthought Change image and share on social
Revolutionaries do not make revolutions. The revolutionaries are those who know when power is lying in the street and then they can pick it up. Hannah Arendt liemakepick Change image and share on social
Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in his never wholly successful attempts to liberate himself from necessity. Hannah Arendt attemptfreefreedom Change image and share on social
In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in perfectionism. Hannah Arendt deathescapeinvolve Change image and share on social
The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all acts are but different means chosen to arrive at it. Hannah Arendt actarrivechoose Change image and 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
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 cleardeceivedeceiver Change image and share on social
Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech is what makes man a political being. Hannah Arendt definitionmakeman Change image and share on social
