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.

—Hannah Arendt

About Hannah Arendt

Portrait of Hannah Arendt

Hannah Arendt (born Johanna Arendt; 14 October 1906 – 4 December 1975) was a German and American philosopher, political theorist, and public historian. She was one of the most influential political theorists of the twentieth century.

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Equality… is the result of human organization. We are not born equal.

—Hannah Arendt

The true conservative is the man who has a real concern for injustices and takes thought against the day of reckoning.

—Hannah Arendt

The earth is the very quintessence of the human condition.

—Hannah Arendt

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The insight that peace is the end of war, and that therefore a war is the preparation for peace, is at least as old as Aristotle, and the pretense that the aim of an armament race is to guard the peace is even older—namely, as old as the discovery of propaganda lies.

—Hannah Arendt

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In the era of imperialism, businessmen became politicians and were acclaimed as statesmen, while statesmen were taken seriously only if they talked the language of successful businessmen.

—Hannah Arendt

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