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

Hannah Arendt

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Topic

Tyranny Words vs. actions Oppression

Speaker

Hannah Arendt

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 by W. H. Auden. Viking P, 1970.

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