"Lies are often much more plausible, more appealing to reason than reality, since the liar has the great advantage of knowing beforehand what the audience wishes or expects to hear." — Hannah Arendt
"Mass leaders in power have one concern which overrules all utilitarian considerations: to make their predictions come true." ― Hannah Arendt
"The great political criminals must be exposed and especially exposed to laughter..." ---Hannah Arendt's notecards on Bertolt Brecht:
Essays in Understanding, 1930-1954
Freedom is the quintessence of the human condition and that Justice is the quintessence of man’s social condition, or, in other words, that Freedom is the essence of the human individual and Justice the essence of men’s living together. Arendt, Hannah. Essays in Understanding, 1930-1954 (p. 325). Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
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