Hannah Arendt Revolution Quotes

#1. We noted before that the passion of compassion was singularly absent from the minds and hearts of the men who made the American Revolution.

Hannah Arendt

#2. Keep it up and I'm going to kick your ass with my fists of fury!

R.L. Mathewson

#3. His thoughts are unfathomable & her emotions are all over the place. Oh! The tragedy of Love.

Ankita Singhal

#4. God has not given this false marriage his blessing. Every year he has turned his face from me and I should have seen it earlier. The queen is not my wife, she is Arthur's wife.

Philippa Gregory

#5. Seven thousand years is just one day at a time

Terry Pratchett

#6. His [Marx's] most explosive and indeed most original contribution to the cause of revolution was that he interpreted the compelling needs of mass poverty in political terms as an uprising, not for the sake of bread or wealth, but for the sake of freedom as well.

Hannah Arendt

#7. 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

#8. Whenever I do something I give it 100%.

Cung Le

#9. When we break bread and give it to each other, fear vanishes and God becomes very close.

Henri Nouwen

#10. Revolutions are the only political events which confront us directly and inevitably with the problem of beginning.

Hannah Arendt

#11. I think the only person a writer has an obligation to is himself. If what I write doesn't fulfill something in me, if I don't honestly feel it's the best I can do, then I'm miserable.

Truman Capote

#12. The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution.

Hannah Arendt

#13. Everyone has days when they say: 'Well, my life isn't exactly lining up with my expectations.' But if life asked you what you had done for it, what would you say?

Paulo Coelho

#14. I am not gay, but if I were, I would be the first one running out of the closet.

Dolly Parton

#15. The end of rebellion is liberation, while the end of revolution is the foundation of freedom.

Hannah Arendt

#16. It is easier to get rid of one's religion than to get rid of one's sins.

Dale Ahlquist

#17. No matter how busy you make think you are you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance

Confucius

#18. I wouldn't want to write a biography of anyone. I'd feel too inhibited by the facts and too much pressure to do the subject's life justice.

Patrick DeWitt

#19. I have an extremely strong, masculine mind and a feminine sensibility level, which is kind of an unusual combination. Both men and women tell me things and I can relate on two levels simultaneously.

Truman Capote

#20. The sky was filled with fat stars, swollen from the long night. The moon had risen briefly and then slipped out of sight. It was one of those sad moons that no one looks at or pays attention to. It had hung there a while, misshapen, not shedding any light, and then gone to hide behind the hills.

Juan Rulfo