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

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

Hannah Arendt

1970

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Tyranny Words vs. actions Oppression

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1970

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Hannah Arendt

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

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

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