The presence of others who see what we see and hear what we hear assures us of the reality of the world and ourselves.
Hannah ArendtPhilosophy is called upon to compensate for the frustrations of politics and, more generally, of life itself.
Hannah Arendtevery political structure, new or old, left to itself develops stabilizing forces which stand in the way of constant transformation and expansion. Therefore all political bodies appear to be temporary obstacles when they are seen as part of an eternal stream of growing power.
Hannah ArendtThe concept of unlimited expansion that alone can fulfill the hope for unlimited accumulation of capital, and brings about the aimless accumulation of power, makes the foundation of new political bodies - which up to the era of imperialism always had been the upshot of conquest - well-nigh impossible.
Hannah Arendt