Johanna "Hannah" Arendt (October 14, 1906 – December 4, 1975) was a German-American political theorist.
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. Use this quote
This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. Use this quote
By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. Use this quote
Death not merely ends life, it also bestows upon it a silent completeness, snatched from the hazardous flux to which all things human are subject. Use this quote
In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in perfectionism. Use this quote
Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake it for a universal one. Use this quote
Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom. Use this quote
Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either lead into freedom or constitute a proof for its existence. Use this quote
No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has determined the very existence of politics, the cause of freedom versus tyranny. Use this quote
Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in his never wholly successful attempts to liberate himself from necessity. Use this quote
