Hannah Arendt

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

"Nobody has the right to obey."

"The human condition is not the same as human nature."

"Action is the only human activity which goes on directly between men without the intermediary of things."

"We are not born equal; we become equal as members of a group."

"Totalitarianism is never content to rule by external means."

"Forgiveness is the only way to reverse the irreversible flow of history."

"The most common error in political thinking is overlooking the importance of time."

"Natality is the human condition that corresponds to the political realm."

"Understanding means that thinking and doing have become one."

"The freedom of movement is the only kind of freedom the modern world understands."

"What makes mass society so difficult for the individual is that it always insists on doing everything in common."

"Without forgiveness, breaking the cycles of action is impossible."

"The public realm is constituted by its visibility."

"Organized loneliness is the dominant feeling of modern times."

"The greatest evil perpetrated is the evil committed by nobodies."

"We cannot work or act without hope."

"Plurality is the condition of all political life."

"The only refuge from the predictability of human behavior lies in its absolute unpredictability."

"Authority requires respect for persons or qualities of a person."

"Clandestinity and secrecy are incompatible with a fully developed political life."

"The will to persevere in being is the essence of all being."

"Thinking is dangerous because it might lead to revolution."

"The chief characteristic of bureaucracy is its tremendous power to resist change."

"Education is the point at which we decide whether we love the world enough."

"Evil is not radical and has no depth."

"The most human thing we do is to think."

"Loneliness is the experience of being abandoned by all human solidarity."

"The modern age has transported the contemplative life into the realm of business and profit."

"Language is not an instrument of communication; it is the house of being."