Quote by Hannah Arendt
Every organization of men, be it social or political, ultimately r

Every organization of men, be it social or political, ultimately relies on mans capacity for making promises and keeping them. – Hannah Arendt

Other quotes by Hannah Arendt

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

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Freedom
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The more dubious and uncertain an instrument violence has become in international relations, the more it has gained in reputation and appeal in domestic affairs, specifically in the matter of revolution. – Hannah Arendt

Category:
Violence
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When a man takes an oath…,hes holding his ownself in his own hands. Like water. And if he opens his fingers then- he neednt hope to find himself again. – Robert Bolt

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Promises

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build bridges even when there are no rivers. – Nikita Khrushchev

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Promises

Vows are made in storms and forgotten in calm weather. – Thomas Fuller

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Promises

Personally, I hold that a man, who deliberately and intelligently takes a pledge and then breaks it, forfeits his manhood. – Mahatma Gandhi

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Promises

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five pill, six pill, seven pill, floor. – Anon.

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Error always addresses the passions and prejudices; truth scorns such mean intrigue, and only addresses the understanding and the conscience. – Azel Backus

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Truth

There are no problems we cannot solve together, and very few that we can solve by ourselves. – Lyndon B. Johnson

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Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country. – Bertrand Russell, attributed

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War