Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think.

Hannah Arendt

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Tyranny Words vs. actions Oppression

Speaker

Hannah Arendt

Source

A Certain World: A Commonplace Book

Language

English

Time

1970 1970s 20th century

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

From

Germany Europe

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Citation

Arendt, Hanna. Quoted in A Certain World: A Commonplace Book, written by W. H. Auden. Viking Press, 1970.

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Original Citation

Locke, John. "Second Treatise of Civil Government." Two Treatises of Government. London: Awnsham Churchill, 1690, ch. 18, sect. 202.

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Locke, John. Second Treatise of Civil Government, edited by C. B. Macpherson. Hackett Publishing Company, 1980, ch. 18, sect. 202.