The chief qualification of a mass leader has become unending infallibility; he can never admit an error. Hannah Arendt admitchieferror Change image and share on social
Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable to the extent that this is humanly possible. Hannah Arendt extentfuturehuman 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
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
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
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
Few girls are as well shaped as a good horse. Hannah Arendt girlgoodhorse 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
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
