Since the end of human action, as distinct from the end products of fabrication, can never be reliably predicted, the means used to achieve political goals are more often than not of greater relevance to the future world than the intended goals. - Hannah Arendt
Forgiveness is the only way to reverse the irreversible flow of history. - Hannah Arendt
Niemand hat das Recht zu gehorchen. - Hannah Arendt
Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. - Hannah Arendt
War has become a luxury that only small nations can afford. - Hannah Arendt
Equality...is the result of human organization. We are not born equal. - Hannah Arendt
The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution. - Hannah Arendt
the greatest evil perpetrated is the evil committed by nobodies, that is, by human beings who refuse to be persons - Hannah Arendt
Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think. - Hannah Arendt
The aim of totalitarian education has never been to instill convictions but to destroy the capacity to form any. - Hannah Arendt