Quote by Hannah Arendt
Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to neces

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. – Hannah Arendt

Other quotes by Hannah Arendt

The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the outstanding event of the last decade. – Hannah Arendt

Read Quote

Opinions are formed in a process of open discussion and public debate, and where no opportunity for the forming of opinions exists, there may be moods – Hannah Arendt

Category:
Opinion
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Freedom
category

The wretch who lives without freedom feels like dressing in the mud from the streets Those who have you, o Liberty, do not know. you. Those who do not have you should not speak of you, but win you. – Jose Marti

Category:
Freedom

A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom. – Roald Dahl

Category:
Freedom

It would be too frightening for me to consider myself a role model. But I like the idea of not being afraid of letting your imagination rule you, to feel the freedom of expression, to let creativity be your overwhelming drive rather than other things. – Florence Welch

Category:
Freedom

In the end, nature is inexorable: it has no reason to hurry and, sooner or later, it takes what belongs to it. Unconsciously and inflexibly obedient to its own laws, it doesnt know art, just as it doesnt know freedom, just as it doesnt know goodness. – Ivan Turgenev

Category:
Freedom

Random Quotes

Im very confident my health isnt going to allow me to be a good player, especially in the spring. – Steve Yzerman

Category:
Health

Im not embarrassed about the novels I wrote when I was younger, but I couldnt write them today because of my religion. – Louise Mensch

Category:
Religion

The best way to hold a man is in your arms. – Mae West

Category:
best

Today, education is perhaps the most important function of state and local governments. – Bobby Scott

Category:
Education