Courage is indispensable because in politics not life but the world is at stake.
Hannah Arendt
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Between Past and Future, “What Is Freedom?” (1961); Complete sentence reproduced with its surrounding paragraph by the Hannah Arendt Center at Bard. Her argument concerns courage in public life and responsibility for the shared world. Not commentary author Jennie Han’s own concluding sentences.
- Between Past and Future, “What Is Freedom?” (1961)
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