What did Hannah Arendt mean by: For politics is not like the nursery; in politics obedience and support are the same. Hannah Arendt Copy
No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Hannah Arendt, Crimes, Deterrence, Punishment, 0 Hannah Arendt
The only grandeur of imperialism lies in the nation’s losing battle against it. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Hannah Arendt, Loss, Oppression, Resistance, 0 Hannah Arendt
What is the subject of our thought? Experience! Nothing else! Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Hannah Arendt, Experience, Subjectivity, Thought, 0 Hannah Arendt
Forgiveness is the only way to reverse the irreversible flow of history. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Hannah Arendt, Forgiveness, History, Reversal, 0 Hannah Arendt
Political questions are far too serious to be left to the politicians. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Hannah Arendt, Accountability, Importance, Involvement, 0 Hannah Arendt
Nothing we use or hear or touch can be expressed in words that equal what is given by the senses. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Hannah Arendt, Experience, Limitations, Perception, 0 Hannah Arendt
Power is actualized only when word and deed have not parted company. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Hannah Arendt, Action, Integrity, Leadership, 0 Hannah Arendt
Violence can destroy power; it is utterly incapable of creating it. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Hannah Arendt, Destruction, Power, Violence, 0 Hannah Arendt
If it has to choose who is to be crucified, the crowd will always save Barabbas. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
One is either judge or accused. The judge sits, the accused stands. Live on your feet. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
It is no more in our power to love always than it was not to love at all. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A position of eminence makes a great person greater and a small person less. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
