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
The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution. Hannah Arendt conservativedayradical 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
The more dubious and uncertain an instrument violence has become in international relations, the more it has gained in reputation and appeal in domestic affairs, specifically in the matter of revolution. Hannah Arendt affairappealdomestic 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
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
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
The Third World is not a reality but an ideology. Hannah Arendt ideologyrealityworld Change image and share on social
It is my contention that civil disobediences are nothing but the latest form of voluntary association, and that they are thus quite in tune with the oldest traditions of the country. Hannah Arendt associationcivilcontention Change image and share on social
Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either lead into freedom or constitute a proof for its existence. Hannah Arendt conditionconstitutecurse Change image and share on social
