Arendt, Hannah

"Political authority rests on the equality of the governed."

"Freedom is impossible without equality."

"Understanding and forgiving are not the same as condoning."

"The public realm is constituted by action and speech."

"Conscience emerges from the dialogue between persons."

"The ability to tell right from wrong is not the problem of the educated."

"Human dignity demands action, not mere thought."

"The crisis in education is a crisis in judgment."

"A person thinks by themselves but knows through others."

"The moment we act together in concert we lose our individual responsibility."

"True love stories are not about romance but about shared understanding."

"The phenomenon of obedience cannot be explained by personality traits."

"Action without judgment produces action without responsibility."

"The realm of freedom is the realm of human action."

"Organized lying has become a political institution."

"The greatest threat to freedom is not oppression but thoughtlessness."

"We cannot escape the human condition through technology."

"Revolutions begin when people decide they can act."

"The tradition of political philosophy has always been concerned with the problem of founding."

"Humanity is not an abstraction but a living reality of human beings."

"The capacity for action distinguishes human beings from all other creatures."

"To judge is to distinguish good from evil."

"The most profound human experiences happen in plurality."

"Totalitarianism begins with isolation."

"The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of obedience."

"Common sense is a political virtue."

"Freedom means nothing if not the freedom to act."

"The social contract is based on promise-making."

"Action alone can save us from despair."

"The plurality of human beings is the basic condition of both action and speech."