United States historian and political philosopher (born in Germany) (1906-1975)

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Action without a name, a 'who' attached to it, is meaningless.
Equality...is the result of human organization. We are not born equal.
Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.
Revolutionaries do not make revolutions. The revolutionaries are those who know when power is lying in the street and then they can pick it up.
Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it.
The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution.
Under conditions of tyranny it is far easer to act than to think.
Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think.
War has become a luxury that only small nations can afford.
What really distinguishes this generation in all countries from earlier generations is its determination to act, its joy in action, the assurance of being able to change things by one's own efforts.

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