“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
Author: Hannah Arendt
Category: truth
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No cause is left but the most
“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
Author: Hannah Arendt
Category: freedom
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By its very nature the beautiful is
“By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality.”
— Hannah Arendt
Author: Hannah Arendt
Category: beauty
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Economic growth may one day turn out
“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
Author: Hannah Arendt
Category: freedom
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War has become a luxury that only
“War has become a luxury that only small nations can afford.”
— Hannah Arendt
Author: Hannah Arendt
Category: war
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It is in the very nature of
“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
Author: Hannah Arendt
Category: history
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The ultimate end of human acts is
“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
Author: Hannah Arendt
Category: happiness
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Revolutionaries do not make revolutions. The revolutionaries
“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
Author: Hannah Arendt
Category: power
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Poets are the only people to whom
“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
Author: Hannah Arendt
Category: experience
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No cause is left but the most
“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
Author: Hannah Arendt
Category: history
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No cause is left but the most
“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
Author: Hannah Arendt
Category: politics
Tags: politics, Hannah Arendt