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Quote of Hannah Arendt: Freedom of opinion is a farce...


Biography - Hannah Arendt:

German-born American political theorist.
Born: 1906 - Died: 1975
Period:
20th century
Place of birth: Germany
Germany

Freedom of opinion is a farce unless factual information is guaranteed.
Hannah Arendt


Note 

Note



"Freedom of opinion is a farce unless factual information is guaranteed and the facts themselves are not in dispute."



Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
La liberté d'opinion est une farce si l'information sur les faits n'est pas garantie.
Hannah Arendt

German
Meinungsfreiheit ist eine Farce, wenn die Information über die Tatsachen nicht garantiert ist.
Hannah Arendt



See also 

See also...





Quotes

Quotes about freedom of expression:


People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
Soren Kierkegaard / 





I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
Voltaire - Quotation of uncertain origin / 





If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.
Noam Chomsky / 





Article XI – The free communication of thoughts and of opinions is one of the most precious rights of man: any citizen thus may speak, write, print freely, except to respond to the abuse of this liberty, in the cases determined by the law.
- Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen of 1789 / 





The right to say and print what we think is the right of every free man, who cannot be deprived of it without exercising the most odious tyranny.
Voltaire - Questions sur les Miracles / 





Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
George Orwell - Nineteen Eighty-Four / 






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Quotes

Hannah Arendt also said...


Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.
Hannah Arendt / 





Action, with all its uncertainties, is like an ever-present reminder that men, though they must die, are not born in order to die, but to begin something new.
Hannah Arendt / 





Finding the right words at the right moment is action.
Hannah Arendt / 





The best of all will be those who know only one thing for certain: that whatever else happens, as long as we live we shall have to live together with ourselves.
Hannah Arendt / 





Unthinking people are like sleepwalkers.
Hannah Arendt / 





What I propose, therefore, is very simple: it is nothing more than to think what we are doing.
Hannah Arendt / 







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