Quotes by Arendt, Hannah

Only the mob and the elite can be attracted by the momentum of totalit >>

What makes it so plausible to assume that hypocrisy is the vice of vic >>

The trouble with lying and deceiving is that their efficiency depends >>

Quotations about Novelty

The birth of the new constitutes a crisis, and its mastery calls for a >>

To the old, the new is usually bad news. >>

Of all the passions of mankind, the love of novelty most rules the min >>

The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes amounts to certainty; the new therefore always appears in the guise of a miracle.

Arendt, Hannah