Hannah Arendt

"History and politics are not separate realms; politics makes history."

"The fundamental human need is for dignity and recognition."

"Understanding totalitarianism requires looking at its totality."

"Labor, work, and action are the three conditions of human existence."

"The capacity for innovation and beginning anew is distinctly human."

"Moral responsibility begins with honest thought."

"A person is not just what he does but what he could have done."

"The pursuit of happiness must remain always beyond our grasp."

"Freedom and necessity are inextricably intertwined in politics."

"The danger lies not in the state itself but in its absolutism."

"Thinking is the dialogue of the soul with itself."

"Without memory, there can be no tradition."

"The private realm has shrunk to insignificance in modern times."

"Speech and action are what make humans political beings."

"Understanding requires imagination and empathy."

"The world demands our participation and commitment."

"Ideology blinds us to reality."

"The past gives meaning to the present."

"We judge ourselves only when we think."

"Power and violence are opposites."

"The ability to make and keep promises is central to human freedom."

"Conscience requires thinking against the tide."

"Plurality is the gift of acting with others."

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

"Being human means being able to forgive."

"Authority demands obedience without force or persuasion."

"The world of things and the world of men are separate."

"Great evils come from ordinary people doing ordinary things."

"The human condition is characterized by plurality and distinction."

"We create ourselves through our actions."