The good things in history are usually of very short duration, but afterward have a decisive influence on what happens over long periods of time.
Hannah ArendtAs citizens, we must prevent wrongdoing because the world in which we all live, wrong-doer, wrong sufferer and spectator, is at stake.
Hannah ArendtGenerally speaking, violence always arises out of impotence. It is the hope of those who have no power.
Hannah ArendtOnly the mob and the elite can be attracted by the momentum of totalitarianism itself. The masses have to be won by propaganda.
Hannah Arendt