And a people that no longer can believe anything cannot make up its mind. It is deprived not only of…

Hannah Arendt — Hannah Arendt: From an Interview, The New York Review of Books, Oct. 26, 1978

And a people that no longer can believe anything cannot make up its mind. It is deprived not only of its capacity to act but also of its capacity to think and to judge. And with such a people you can then do what you please.

— Hannah Arendt, Hannah Arendt: From an Interview, The New York Review of Books, Oct. 26, 1978

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