His [Marx's] most explosive and indeed most original contribution to the cause of revolution was that he interpreted the compelling needs of mass poverty in political terms as an uprising, not for the sake of bread or wealth, but for the sake of freedom as well.
Hannah ArendtWherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech is what makes man a political being.
Hannah ArendtIt is obvious: if you do not accept something that assumes the form of โdestiny,โ you not only change its โnatural lawsโ but also the laws of the enemy playing the role of fate.
Hannah ArendtFreedom from labor itself is not new; it once belonged among the most firmly established privileges of the few. In this instance, it seems as though scientific progress and technical developments had been only taken advantage of to achieve something about which all former ages dreamed but which none had been able to realize.
Hannah Arendt