War has become a luxury that only small nations can afford. Hannah Arendt affordluxurynation Change image and 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
The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. Hannah Arendt evilgoodmake Change image and share on social
The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution. Hannah Arendt conservativedayradical 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
Our tradition of political thought had its definite beginning in the teachings of Plato and Aristotle. I believe it came to a no less definite end in the theories of Karl Marx. Hannah Arendt aristotlebegindefinite Change image and share on social
Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally arise. Hannah Arendt ariseconcretecontent 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
Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake it for a universal one. Hannah Arendt crucialentitleexperience Change image and share on social
Only crime and the criminal, it is true, confront us with the perplexity of radical evil; but only the hypocrite is really rotten to the core. Hannah Arendt confrontcorecrime Change image and share on social
