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- Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but left to its…
- Although tyranny...may successfully rule over foreign peoples, it can stay in power only if it destroys first of all the national institutions of its own…
- Luck serves ... as rationalization for every people that is not master of its own destiny.
- What really distinguishes this generation in all countries from earlier generations ... is its determination to act, its joy in action, the assurance of being…
- There is all the difference in the world between the criminal's avoiding the public eye and the civil disobedience's taking the law into his own…
- Goodness that comes out of hiding and assumes a public role is no longer good, but corrupt in its own terms and will carry its…
- in addition to the conditions under which life is given to man on earth, and partly out of them, men constantly create their own, self-made…
- Education is the point at which we decide whether we love the world enough to assume responsibility for it, and by the same token save…
- The concentration camps, by making death itself anonymous (making it impossible to find out whether a prisoner is dead or alive), robbed death of its…
- Nobody is the author or producer of his own life story ... somebody began it and is its subject in the twofold sense, namely, its…
- Politically speaking, tribal nationalism [patriotism] always insists that its own people are surrounded by 'a world of enemies' - 'one against all' - and that…
- Love, by reason of its passion, destroys the in-between which relates us to and separates us from others. As long as its spell lasts, the…
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- Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but… — Hannah Arendt
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. — Aristotle
- Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life. — Aristotle
- The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because… — Aristotle
- I believe that the whole idea of the consumer society is tottering. We've kept ourselves going by producing more and more goods,… — Paul Auster
- I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contemporary French poets.… — Paul Auster
- Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I think it's your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I like being a strong, independent woman, and to be honest, I was never afraid to be on my own. — Dido Armstrong
- We are addicted to our egotism, our likes and dislikes and prejudices, and depend upon them for our own sense of identity. — Karen Armstrong
- And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that… — Isaac Asimov