Quotes by Arendt, Hannah

Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it >>

The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day afte >>

Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity >>

Quotations about Nuclear Age

The flame from the angel's sword in the garden of Eden has been cataly >>

For the first time in the history of mankind, one generation literally >>

Although personally I am quite content with existing explosives, I fee >>

If you ask a member of this generation two simple questions: How do you want the world to be in fifty years? and What do you want your life to be like five years from now? the answers are quite often preceded by Provided there is still a world and Provided I am still alive. To the often-heard question, Who are they, this new generation? one is tempted to answer, Those who hear the ticking. And to the other question, Who are they who utterly deny them? the answer may well be, Those who do not know, or refuse to face, things as they really are.

Arendt, Hannah