Hannah Arendt Quotes (11+)

Enjoy the best Hannah Arendt Quotes. Quotations by Hannah Arendt (Political Theorist)
Jan 01, 1906 - Jan 01, 1975

The trouble with lying is that its efficiency depends upon a clear notion of the truth hidden.

One must think with the body and the soul or not think at all.

Political questions are far too serious to be left to the politicians.

There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous.

Evil comes from a failure to think.

Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think.

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.

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

Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it.

The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.

Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable to the extent that this is humanly possible.

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Hannah Arendt (1906–1975) was a German-American political theorist famous for her profound analyses of totalitarianism and the nature of evil.