Hannah Arendt ( 5 of 15 )
Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable to the extent that this read more
Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable to the extent that this is humanly possible.
Opinions are formed in a process of open discussion and public debate, and where no opportunity for the forming of read more
Opinions are formed in a process of open discussion and public debate, and where no opportunity for the forming of opinions exists, there may be moods /moods of the masses and moods of individuals, the latter no less fickle and unreliable than the former /but no opinion.
Under conditions of tyranny, it is far easier to act than to think.
Under conditions of tyranny, it is far easier to act than to think.
The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution.
The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution.
Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in read more
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.
