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Hannah Arendt

Quote of Hannah Arendt: To be free in an age...


Biography - Hannah Arendt:

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

To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough to make me ambitious.



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Quotes for: freedom


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Quotes about freedom:


One is not born, but rather becomes, free.





There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere.





This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.





Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.





Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.





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











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Quotes for: authority


Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.





Article III – The principle of any sovereignty resides essentially in the Nation. No body, no individual can exert authority which does not emanate expressly from it.





It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law.





Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence he is just using his memory.





In this connection, faith and experience teach us many truths by means of the short-cut of authority and by the proofs of very pleasant and agreeable feelings.





Competence without authority is as powerless as authority without competence.







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Hannah Arendt also said...


Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.





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





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.





Finding the right words at the right moment is action.





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.





Unthinking people are like sleepwalkers.












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