Hannah Arendt Famous Quotes



"What really distinguishes this generation in all countries from earlier generations is its determination to act, its joy in action, the assurance of being able to change things by one's own efforts."

"Action without a name, a 'who' attached to it, is meaningless."

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.

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.

Equality...is the result of human organization. We are not born equal.

The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution.

Under conditions of tyranny it is far easer to act than to think.


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